The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-05 00:00:00

ONEY EAPTivT tiy AND COXMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB CITY, Two u'CLocK The Stock Markets are without much change, though exceptional movements of importance are ro ported. N e ith er t h e Funds nor Foreign Bondsha vo varied, exc e pt t h at I talian and Brazilian are in rat h er More request. B u t A mer i can Securities are aga in very flat. Eri e R a il roa d Shares are as much as 3 per cent l ower. I n home railways there is not Much feature. Midland have risen lf per cent. on the dividend announced this morning. The favour able dividends so far announced and other encourag ing circumstances are reviving this market. The Discount Market is firm at lf to la per cent. .10 Corn is in demand at Monday's rates. The English Funds are steady. Consols for money and account, and New and Reduced 3 per Cents. are quoted a t 94 1 to 94a ; Bank Stock, 247 to 249 ; India Five per Cents., 1141 to 1151; Exchequer Bills, 14s to 18s prem. Foreign Securities are without particular movement. llt I r a r ian i lian ( 1 865), is f bette r , a t 77f t o 78 ; an d k, at 52k to 531- ; but Greek is 1 lower, at 13 to 13f ; and New Sp 1 anish 4 ,at 331 to e i xicin is ste a d y , at 15i to 15f ; Turkish, to 39 1 ".; Egyptian (1864), 85; to 86f ; Viceroy's Seven tper Cent. Loan, 721 to 72i ditto Nine per Cents., tkant,o 9 11; Per uv i an (1865) , 79i 83 to 83k . to 80 ; Honduras American S ecur i t i es are flat. United States 5-20 l . Bo nds are i l ower, at 71 to 71f ; Erie Share s ahoy.a decline o f 3 , at at 92f to 93f ; and Illinois k , at 37 t o 3 9. Atlantic and Great Western are 3 91 to 401 i n Foreign a•' and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds Railway Debentures 411 to 42i. .1. AI t o i n Railways, Great Luxembourg remains at " and Lombardo-Venetian at 16 to 16k. Coloni a l W isconsin Bonds are i to lf prem. ' _. lowingo onial Government Securities are steady. The fol are the quotations :—Canada Six per Cent., 103 to Inc „„ 0 ,-- ; ditto Five per Cent., 90 to 92 ; Mauri pti- " 31 X Per Cents. 103 to 105 • Ne.w South Wales - ire per Cent., 99 ' to 101 ; New Zealand Six per e at., 105 to 106 ; and Victoria Six per Cent., 113 to 115, The railway market is stead tsars y. The leading f e ature divi d e n d, advance of 1f per cent. in Midl an d s on t h e end. The present price is 108 to 108 k. London bband North Western, and Great Northern (A) are etter ; Brighton, k ; and S out h E astern, Great stern, and Metropolitan, 1 e ac h. G reat N orthern are f lower, and Caledonia n 1. The p r i ces are : Lancashi re and Yorkshire, l ' 3ol to 131 ; South East ern, 77 to , a- ; London and North-Western, 117 to ; ; Great Northern, 106 k to 107 f ; ditto A, 105 f t o 1061 ; Greatr Eastern 39f to 40 ; G rea t W estern, 50 / to 51 ; 113itaignt20i 5t4 to 55 ; Sheffield, 43f t o 44 ; Metropo -201 t o 1 20 ; Caledonian, 74 to 1; and Chatham, t o Bank Shares are without feature, and the dealings are limited. The only change is a decline of / in Iloperial Ottoman, at fto 1 prem. Agra (A Shares) 1 ,11 to 11 1 a --a ; Alliance, 10f to 9} dis.; Anglo-Ame fa,n, 7 to 7; prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 28; to ..':1-; Consolidated, 4a to 4'4 ; Imperial, 17 to 18 ; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and West l?linster, 68 to 69 ex div.; ditto, New, 44 to 45 ; Lon donJoint-Stock, 32; to 33f ex div, ;Union of Lou 'n better at 20; t o 21; ; Port Philip 1; to lf ; prem. entales, 21 to 211 ; itossa Grande, 5-16 to 7-16 America Te ie Misclaneous Securities are very quiet. Angld o.sraTnehlegBraph is quoted at 211 to 214 ; Atlan ticla• b ' per Cent., 3 13-16 to 3 15-16; GAtlantic and Great Western Mortgage Bonds, 40f to e n; Hud son ' s Bay is firm at 15f to 15i ; London eral Omnibus, 1k to 2. _ The i ncrease in the Metropolitan tra ffi c last week w . ( .!, B £247 78 0 7 5 4d, and i n G reat Luxem b ourg, •i-z d . .i.ciTtiliiree Gaeneral Credit Company announce that they deposit of 1 per cent. only upon applica tlnriilis for the new French Loan. b . Ah ere was no bullion operations at the Bank yesterd ay. 4 ._ The Excha nges were yesterday again rather less iavourable to this country. after Th e rep or t of the London and South Western Bank, share s tating that the p ropose d di v i dend of 5s per ' 1! I ,_l e , payable on th e 12 t h i nst., will allow £560 18s be carried forward, remarks as follows :—" The an dire ctors have had under consideration the desirability i r educing th e present liability on the shares to such i e xtent as may be satisfactory alik e t o the share olders and customers of the bank, and with a view to Carry out such arrangement they have instructed th e bank's solicitors to prepare the necessary forms and obtain legal opinions on the subject. The di rectors propose if they fi n d no i mpediment exists, to c all the shareholders together at an early date, t o determine as to the mode of carrying out such r edaction." „The City of Ant werp h as b rought £17,400 in Opeele fl•om N ew Y or k , and the Bremen £47,500. York the oth er h an d £ 30,000 left by the steamer New a, 9yesterday for America. onsid era b lepurchases of grain continue to be made il ' o ll Lrseill es on Spanish account, so that prices at that i a are more firmly maintained than in any other of he French markets. l iaa •L re. ordinary general meeting of the North Austra to i ." l _ ° ° l l 3 any has been convened for the 19th instant, . eceiv e mccol tots the directors' report and statement of T he L "ci c?2,lnnPanyare"'er i offering £550,000, 4i. per cent. perpetu a l i i ;e .. , ture stock to the proprietors, at 95 per cent., the 4,liellents of whi c h extend over nine months. the judgment, on appeal, against the directors of eredr.,edit Mobilier of France, on account of the 3,3„`,,inunobilier6, amounts to 83,000,000 f,, equal to th e o`_'-',0.00 sterling. The fate of the shareholders in of ivrc.elitt Mobilier, after this, is quite in the hands OfneC,iidi e Perminy, who stands in the position of QI N, liquidator. If be makes common cause with ,-,,,„ th e 4, 5 0 shares, which yesterday were worth 'le sid e . , Will be worth 400 f. ; if, on the contrary, fetch 1320 " I . l' l A IK P . it is said they will not ereire The et an 60f. lacetit Metropolitan. Railway Company convene a deter ni l g in f e o ci r , thpe 19th inst., "for the purpose, if so I Z ° visio n , °'• Passing a resolution, pursuant to the e et, 10,,,,,ertained in the Regulation of Railways ~)111 p a n° . ..u d. o divide the paid-up ordinary stock of the t ref err :, late two classes, to be called—the one, z.,urdipap_q ,urdinary Stock, and the other, Deferred e or e u f_ toek, and to issue the same subject and S Said gA to tip provisions and consequences defined in . The East At tie t,,''t Indian Railway Company announce the 5v ~,'' tieir proprietors of £1,000,000 new stock, lat e t'rellitem o f r est of 6l per cent., bearing a guaranteed per he 4 0 5 ,..1 3 e . r c . ent , per annum. (C.4114,111°4 dividend is at the rate of 5 per cent. tom v e „ , Comparing with si. The Great Northern ~.pa",.,"..e withhe rate of 41 per cent, per annum, vatlieTß 4i. Th 4-) 'Stock This allows £3 for the half-year 0 e director s and £1 5s on the A. alm ost liai,. of the Indo-European Telegraph ~,,_ gt o ._,_ . e issued their first report. It relates i'loy, and '"-lsively to the establishment of the com ita d t o t .. sob e velop oi ue Progress of the works necessary for pr e P. e ribed , L e ak The necessary capital had all been lii i itliin a ,„ b eat only 16.646 shares issued, and the Dope cen.d), e.XPellSes had been exceptionally small. .ve, , SS/n... . feq tmaie rit - us to Messrs. Siemens by the t o ' r atio n, 2 of Russia, the North German Con tcadthe 00a4cl Persia, had been transferred 1v0 4 1',,, ill thPanY, and modifications had been lz eet " not Proposed route. The estimated cost Te"et, all v , e exceeded, and the line would fully Public requirements for accurate and - donnas tele h• Ni 4t nlpa o graP ic communication with India. 1):1 ao oe y had received great encouragement and cct, knot fi . %1 11 , h i ckw , nanctal) from the Indian Govern -4,llPezete ait :, nad decided upon the construction of .a trod i $ and 1 f n ative line between Bushire and liar te4 eBh ir "Iso an additional wire between Teheran ii , be e, so that 4 ee c t wee tl th . a complete through communica v?ire by m e IS country and India would be estab -4e 1 ea b ans f two d o ecial and well insulated henna soo„ing y large amount of busi- Ati k-i and rezularitv a 1) , ( ;o 1 ,-, rriaft IttrXDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 1) . eett't7 rtrXDs 4 ttt° fo r ' e"s°ls 9 - 1- i Nay Pe ' ee A ccoont 3 lit. keep tic 6 A.ug. 6 61)1,0211)24..04 . d li,)41t)08 sc.ent• Ottll. 1873 ........ ..... . - 1,. Do . t i i l. 40 4_ 1.8 ) expire sth Jan. 1880 — ,kqtted S on 41 e expire sth April 1885.,. 12i - Po. ql4er Bills. -1- ele k ,r aP l l). d ug., I °oB — xd b uo.£1,00(, 2 -. t , per u .......... 13 pm ................................ ............... -- 11 1 5 1 00 •i _ gi loci ' 4.-A.) ............... 7, 1 INb e°ll4t Stook. 41 p.n. Cent...... 247 ~ tnii, t N ~_ •.. .0 . < toek ..-'2VIIRNMENT 8 ECURITIES 6-)0 Ope4ill4,Ui Per Cent., A pri114 , 74 • 215 D o : ! Per („ f,°rAcc.tiLt .. ••• N il e, ~,1 , 3 (1r 0 0 - 4 1 ' t " . dulY,lBBo ... : r) ° ' tp t r l tif icat e ,: ......... ............... 1041 1 0. ~ ate , .. ............................. Lono Per L e h VtPti. 4 por Cent s 1 Per 0 4 ' , ' T ali. 1372 ............ I - Ir.. r era. ma 117, .............. . 11, to, C"4., iee.Yft;b. •fii. ........... oo* N.o. do, 2 ......... b 5 do. 1877 ......... t) b - l 3 , 5 Per 0„ t A 1882 ......... • fader, Per c 9 u g* 1873 ••••.• -- -tl oo in it., Xl,OOO ...... ... 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Coupons - Do:k -- - 1 .. • _CCJUIIt _ _ G tatemala 5 per Cent, .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p 821 It ilian 5 per Ccr t., 1865 — 00. Account . — Do dfarommana Rag way — 3l•31 icar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account .. — Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — gontevideau 6 per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada, l4l Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred - Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Poruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .•.. 79i i i 1 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per - Cent., 1862 Do Account Po-taguese 3 per Ct., 185 S, '6, '7, '9,'6e,'2,'S Do. do. 1 9 67 — Do. do. Sc: ip, .£2O paid II issian 5 per Cent., 182 Z, £ St B9l Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do a per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 „...„.. 88 71 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Boucle., 931 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... • Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5,... 93 1 Do. do . £B4 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 661 1 Sar tiuian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account De- New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Account Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Turkish 6 per Cont. . 1/e Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£I.OC ponds 66 1 Do. 1863 Do 5 per gent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cont. ' Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Gent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian a p3r Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch if per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 521 T ITO OVLUCK. Consols, Money O4l 1 Do. Account, Aug. 6 391 9 131 POLICY OF FOUR-YEAR PRESIDEY- TIAL ELECTIONS. A large class in the United States are becoming seriously alarmed at the effect on the country of the oft-recurring Presidential elections. The sys tem in vogue is not that intended by the framers of the Constitution. What they meant - was, that the Electoral College should at the appointed inter vals choose from among the most eminent citizens the man they considered qualified for the high office. They did not intend rival candidates to be pitted against each other, and the country subj , cted to the furious excitement of an election campaign. The Electoral College simply assembles to count votes, and in an article in .the Round Table on Ruler-making, from which we quote largely, the proportion to population returned by States is shown to be unfair; for instlnce, Oregon, .Dela ware, Kansas, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, California, Connecticut, lowa, Maine, contain in the aggregate 3,661,579 people, who are represented in Congress by 31 members, but whose electoral votes amount to 53. Against this New York and Ohio contain a population of 6,220,286, sending 50 representatives to Con grea, while the electoral votes are but one more than those of the population, only half as large, being 54. Thus, if the eleven States were to choose a Democrat each by a narrow majo rity, while New York and; Ohio voted en masse for a Republican, the population of six millions would be all but balanced by a narrow majority of a population of only half that number. The im mense increase in the Government machinery since the war has opened many eyes to the necessity of a change. No sooner does a President get into office than he commences to distribute patronage and ce- went alliances to secure the leadership of his own or a new party looking to his re-election. If he quarrels with his party, the case is even worse, for he is impelled to wild bids to gain the favour of the other, and in this he sets an example in the highest degree demoralizing. The Round Table considers that, first, a President should be divested of his patronage even more thoroughly than proposed in Mr. Jenckes's Civil Service Bill, retain ing office so long as he commands the support of Congress or of the Lower House, with possibly an extreme limit to'his term. So often is the House elected that its vote might be taken to indicate the popular feeling, and the Senate, as a check, might have a veto power involving a special appeal to the people. The English system of making the Ministry dependent on a majority of the Representatives is one worth imitation, for it is found in practice to work well, stopping effectually what is otherwise sure sooner or later to occur, the hostility of the Legislative and Executive branches. The Round Table is severe on the class of men sent as delegates to New York for the late Convention Dressed in conventional suits of black, with their blue Delegates' ribbons conspicuously displayed, they were seen in groups in broad daylight seated on the door-steps of strange houses in Broadway, embracing each other with tipsy affection. Some of the correspondents to the London dailies have described the extraordinary scene presented by the commercial metropolis during the sitting of the Convention ; but they were even more struck by the womankind of these quaint specimens. One correspondent is ungallant enough to speak most disparagingly of their personal appearance; but making due allowances for the curious cut, mate rial, and colour of the men's garments, we believe them to have been fine specimens of humanity. They did not, however, favourably impress the more intellectual East with their qualifications for ruler making. The Chicago delegates were not thrust so prominently into the glare of the civilized world; and although the Round Table does not know how far drunkenness there prevailed, the probabilities, it thinks, are, from their coarse and uproarious songs and howling at each other like so many Red Indians, that they had a fair allowance of artificial stimulus. The Republican party asserts the moral superiority of its members, and instances this by comparing the delegates sent to the Con ventions. But Chicago is not New York, and due allowance ought to be made for the fact that they endeavoured to combine pleasure with busi- ness, going up t o th e great city f illy prepared for a sr.ree. alp long and short of it is, that the Re public has grown out of the clothes cut for it by its founders, and if something new be not quickly provided there will soon be greater rents than any yet seen.—Anglo-American It is announced that the Emperor Jf the French, ‘• as a mark of his high personal esteem and admira tion of the character and public principles of the late Mr. Cobden," has sent a subscription of £4O to the committee who have erected the me►norial at Camden-town. C~~,{+~~ ~' ~ ~• August 4. incess Louise , sse, drove 00 walked in 00 th the Queen yesterday, A C ' • and Fri° [ardinge• Ady Charle Blackett. unate is the are alway s interesting o lff the Line , hem of he r a., it is dif' in the first f her hapPY ic - alty allows alkiug with wing a fair , to shay/ he r dell he tells day. S b f e baby with to hold r dying d il l ;turns from an and baby and grief of ',with adver• At last cue's door, xs a baby , Aders, b 3 . a couple inctive for y and whic h on keeping r alike. TO Id embitter ions of the ► incident, de ill 1111 interestieg o3ed sister ° mpar tie 11 t I ys of th eir s and Pr e ' .ue rega rd ! ,4 CO. to with the arratiVe Of iry Faulk: I'p. 320. ,i 3 V 013133 -entures 0' ;1e we ° cl L five ire : ted bY 01/ ' ice. e r n ti ° ;rays, an theta with dly. I struck u t he do bis iables t he th- you °. own fr°ll - the o coDte hl ' ppear de is v ictor(' ropbies of and liter with 0° ails are exciting sport s ' ) b 3 s equ ally , ss i u th° igh sai l° I s for t be 111045 and 104 t" Act i° defraYi l lo 10d. 9d. iu tho r y 0 f U ssionor ',Or at At O n d 4 Of t r „,d, nu rpOpw as (I°CW' t a nl ect- I on 11° 0 11 0 upon s od Uy ib rs • to sn e T r . front ]ale, Aug' an for r; 3spin il3° : re oo--*: doo oL o d ut co is iLOP ° O the I°o o juijacii c o lateB rv~ t tra o a os 10 0 (CU •Ii osea s yo ur [3 Vie ; tiles "S li e - 1 o f 0 1 : vroar i° Lo dis^ c on l P °- ris• at 01) so otib 3,A 1 . In rotura ocia w as till 3t ' n a so 1!, ,voi- TUE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV &MING, AU G UST 5, 1868 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.- -THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGII-STREE TIIE BETTING MAN AND THE COOK—A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.—A remarkably good-looking young woman, with a profusion of ringlets, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for his advice under the following circumstances : The applicant said that she was a cook, and that she had beco►ne acquainted with a person who had promised to marry her, but some words having taken place between them he now refused to fulfil his promise. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the applicant what the man was, at the same time telling the young woman that he had no power to interfere in such a case. The applicant said that he was a betting man. Tyrwhitt asked the applicant whether that being the case she considered it much of a loss. The applicant sAid he was also a teacher of gym nastics, and was a black man—(laughter)—and he was also a married man. All she wished was to punish him, so as to have revenge on him. She did not care what it cost her, so that he was punished. Mr. Tyrwhitt advised the applicant not to throw her money away for such a purpose. The Applicant 'thanked the Magistrate for his advice, and left the court smiling, but evidently not quite satisfied in letting her gay Lothario csc ►pe. SERIOUS Loss BY A FOREIGNER.—John Behrens, a merchant staying at the Frankenstein Hotel, Wil son-street, Finsbury, was charged before- Mr. Tyr whitt with being drunk and incapable yesterday. The defendant was found by Police-constable Todd, 37 C, in Moor-street, Soho, in a helpless state and taken to the police station, and charged with being drunk, and on being brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, was discharged. Our reporter was informed by a' friend of the defendant's that he had ascertained for the defen dant that he had, after spending the evening at the Alhambra, gone to different houses, and that he had every reason to believe that something more than drink was given to him, as he suddenly be came stupified, and on recovering his senses found himself in the station and nearly £5OO in foreign notes, mostly Belgian, had been taken from him. THAMES. CURIOUS ASSAULT CASE.—Jeremiali Daly, an Irish tailor, aged 23 years, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with assaulting John IVhatmore, a police-constable, No. 198 11. The policeman was on his beat last night, when the prisoner crossed the road and struck him a severe blow on the jaw. He was immediately taken into custody, and on being asked the reason for striking a policeman he said he had been cut with his wife on an excursion and they quarrelled, and that she so loudly " bully -ragged" him that he was tired of his life and liberty, and struck the con stable for the purpose of being locked up and sent to prison. Mr. Benson said the prisoner was a fool as well as a coward to strike a policeman because he quar relled with his wife. He sentenced the prisoner to seven days' imprisonment and lard labour. The prisoner—l wish it were a month. Send me away to prison for a month. Mr. Benson—No, Seven s ay I will n o t comply with your request. imprison ment on short diet on—N d o, and strict discipline will teach you not to strike policemen again with impunity. DESERTING A WIFE AND FAMILY. —James Denny, an English tailor, aged 30, of No. G, Napier-street, Southwark, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with deserting his wife and four children, and Icar- g them chargeable to the parish of St. George-in the-East. Mr. William Rolston, relieving officer of S George, said that the prisoner's wife and four chh dren became chargeable to the parish on the ,29th of November last, and had since been maintained at the expence of the ratepayers. One of the chil dren died a few weeks since. Mr. Benson—And was buried at the expense of the parish ? Mr. Rolston—Yes, sir. He has been employed by Messrs. Samuel, tailors and outfitters, in Lud gate-hill, and his earnings for the last 16 weeks have averaged 2,0 e. per week. The Prisoner—Sometimes I have only earned 10s. per week. Mr. Benson said tile prisoner's e:nployers had given the average. Sometimes the . prisoner had earn ed 304 . in one 'week, and he ought to have made an effort to maintain his wife and children in the best way he could. Instead of doing so he had left them to their fate, and abandoned them. There were many labourers supporting lar ge f amilies in all parts of the country on less than 20 s. per Area. It was a bad case, and the prisoner must be imprisoned for kept to ha r d l a b our. six weeks and WESTMINSTER. THE MARQUIS TOWNSUEND AND THE BEGGARS.— Mary Anne M'Farlane, wretchedly clad, and who presented th e appearance of having seen better times, with M ary Anne Rogers and Arthur Rogers, her children, and Mary Rogers, with Jane and Alice Rogers, her child ren, evidently professional mendi cants, were c h arged by the Marquis Townshend with be g ging. His lordship sa i d yesterday at 7 o'clock he saw the prisoner M'F arlane and her children sitting on a doorstep in ICi —ng's-road Chelsea. Ho watched them a considerable time, and saw them receive some money and food from a house opposite. His lordship was waiting for a constable when the other woman begged a t the door of a house hard by. He gave them a ll i n charge. M'Farla ne, who was evidently far advanced in pregnancy, sa id in reply to the magistrate, that the children wer e h ers by a former husband; she knew nothing of th e other prisoners, although they bore the same na me. She was not begging but sat down to rest her se lf, as she had a bad leg, when some kind person sent her tea and fool. Rogers said she did ask for alms, and had no one to look to for her living. Dennis, th e gaoler, thought that Rogers was known, and Mr. Arnold remanded the women for a week, and sent the children to the workhouse. TIIE HAVELOCK TURF AGENCY.—On Saturday Thomas Walters was charged before Mr. Woolrych, at the Lambeth Police-court, with stealing bank notes and gold to the value of £401105., the property of Mr. Joseph Wood, of the " Havelock Turf Agency," Walworth-road.—Mr. Chipperfield appeared for the prosocution.—George West ripp, general manager to the Turf Agency, said prisoner's duty was to receive money for commissions relative to horse-races, pay the amount to Mr. Wood's brmkers, and to forward to the respective winners the amount of cash they might win. It was usual for prisoner to give vouchers similar to that produced, which was in the name of " Lee" for 425, and was in prisoner's handwriting. O n M onday, May 4, Mr. Wood left with witness an open cheque, to be filled in so as to cover all claims on account of the Chester Cup race, and on priseuer saying on Thursday, May 7, after the Cup had been won by Paul Jones, ti We h ave to pay £650 to the winners," witness filled in the cheque for that amount. Prisoner got it cashed at the Newington branch of the London and County Bank, whore prosecutor kept his account, and put various sums into five letters for the purpose of transmitting them to the respective win ners ; but although he undertook to post and register such money letters he did not do so as far as regarded £lOl 10s. On the following Tuesday he absented himself, and did not again return to the office. Mr. C. Waters, clerk to the London and County Bank, proved cashing the cheque ; and Police-sergeant Ham stated that ho apprehended the prisoner on Friday night last near the Elephant and Castle, and took him into custody. On searching him ho found a purse containing Us. and the two 410 notes produced. Remanded. THE SCIIOOL FRIGATE CONWAY. —.The annual meeting of the School Committee of the Mercantile Marine Service Association of Liverpool was h e ld yesterday; Mr. James Beazely in the chair. The p roceedings were of a formal he report, which stated ci r ' e a p r o acter W These that cretary' Mr. Cl ar k e A s Pi nall, au u. abating interest in the institution was taken by the Lords of theAdtuiralty. They commenced the half-year with 123 pupils, the high est inunb.T, save for one short period, they ever had. The financial statement showed that though there La been a small loss on the past year, there was still a sum of £795 to the credit of the institution. Letters from several parents acknowledging the excellent training. their sons had received on board the Conway wore also read. The newspapers have been lately teeming with refer ences to economy in tea by co-operation. Horniman and Co. have for 30 years co-operated through Agents to supply tea on more adcantayeous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea reaches the consumer in the same pure state as it knees the grower ; as it is secured in packets. 1111 DDLE-CLASS EDUCATION IN MELAND. -.____.<p...-- (From the Month.) There are probably not many, even among the loudest opponents of the proposed measure for the disc stablishment of the (so-called) Irish Protestant Church, who believe in their heart of hearts that the passing of that measure can be long delayed. They may be determine 1 to do all that they can to avert what they consider so great a calamity, and they arc not to be blamed if they fight hard, even without much hope of ultimate success. On the other hand, the very certainty of what must, sooner or later, be the issue of the conflict now raging around us, may perhaps he disadvantageous in its effects on many who wish well to what seems to be the winning side. There are many, perhaps, who have no taste for agitation, and who dislike the uproar and excitement of sueh a conflict, mind they may be inclined to fold their hands an 1 forlhar to exert their full energies on the present occasion, just because the result is hardy uncertain—for getful that such indifference works, in reality, against the cause which they have at heart, al though it is not likely to defeat it altogether. The wis.r course would, perhaps, be to 113 C every possible exertion to bring about the speedy termi nation of the contest. Whatever may be the feelings and the motives of the friends of the Irish Establishment in England, there can be no doubt that the Orangemen of Ireland, and a large num ber of other Protestants who would repudiate the title of Orangemen, accustomed as they are to the privileges and nurtured in all the traditions—in the pride and swagger, and bluster and pomp —of ascendancy, will certainly die as hard as they can. The last thing that can be expected of them is, that they should listen to reason and let themselves be gently persuaded to resign their pretentious position without a struggle. We shall have, there fore, to witness the process of the more or less forc ible reduction to their proper position as a mi nority of a large class of persons of vigorous character, determined, self-reliant, and by no means cowardly or scrupulous, who have hitherto lived, in supreme and confident contempt of the mass of their fellow-countrymen, in the undisturbed belief in their own innate and Heaven -ordained superiority—dreaming, moreover, rather that they themselves were conferring a benefit and earning the gratitude of England by keeping up her domi nation over Ireland than that they were a small colony of which very short work would have been made long ere this but for the power of England behind them, and that that country owes them thanks for nothing except for having made her Government the object of intense hatred in Ireland and in America, and of the scornful criticism of the whole civilized world besides. Now, this pro cess is of a kind that bad better be got through as soon as possible. There can be no real peace or security for Ireland till the system of Peo'estent ascendancy, in all its manifold ramificatiois, be utterly demolshed, trampled under foot, bulled and f rgotten, and a new system of perfect equality of race and creed established iu its stead in full life and vigour. If some representative embodiment of " ascendancy " could be preserved in spirits of wine, by the side of the Danish swords and gold collars in the Royal Irish Academy, it might per haps be well that antiquarians should have the opportunity of refreshing their memory as to is surpassing and inconceivable unloveliness ; but the sooner all record of it vanishes from the mind of the people of Ireland the better it will be for all the highest interests of the nation. A new edifice of harmony and happiness has to be raiied iu Ire land, and the first step must be to get rid of the hideous portent which now occupies the ground. Everything must wait till the work of demolition has cleared the way. Although it may be possible to exaggerate the immediate consequences of the destruction of Pro testant ascendancy in Ireland, and although it may be very difficult at the present moment to forecast the future co accurately as to discern for certain what those consequences may be, it is at least a matter of practical importance to reflect that the change cannot poseibly be insignificant, and that it is sure to tax to the utmost the energies of all true lovers of the Church and of their country, in order that the great opportunities for good which will present themselves may not be allowed to pais unheeded, and, perhaps, even that some possible dangers may not be unprovided. for. We hear many speculations as to the result of the dis establishment of Protestantism in the country, and we are not inclined to add our own contribution to the number. Surely, the results will in the long run very much depend upon the Catholics of Ire land themselves. It is quite possible to conceive a state of things ensuing after the demolition of the Establishment, many features of which would be discouraging and disastrous. Some people tell us that there will be greater bitterness between classes which are already separated by creed as well as by position. Others are so good as to predict that there will ensue a separation between the Catho lic clergy and the Catholic laity, and that a golden reign of " Liberal " Catholicism will set in. "I believe," writes a sharp Protestant clergyman to one of the ablest of our London papers, " that the spread of true Protestantism and liberal teaching will be much served, and that more progress will be made in enlightenment and civilization, such as are incompatible with the so-called Ultramontane views, during the next ten years than has been made during the last hundred." Others take a brighter view —brighter, that is, in a Catholic sense —and predict that all the evils which now afflict Ireland will suddenly disappear. We con fine our own prognostications to two prosaic state ments, both of which are founded on reason, and therefore, we suppose, tolerably certain. The first is, that as no one who knows Ireland ventures to call Protestant ascendancy a merely sentimental grievance —as it is, iu reality, a grievance on which rests a whole system of social injustice, biting deeply into the heart of a noble and, therefore, sensitive people—the destruction of such a griev ance, tardy though it be, cannot but tend to change most happily the whole tone of feeling of that people towards those who have hitherto maintained the obnoxious system, and now have removed it. The race which has borne it patiently, though indignantly, will reward the justice that is done it with a gratitude almost as great as might have been called forth by an undeserved benefit. Our second prediction has already been anticipated. Results very good or very disappointing may follow from the disestablishment on which we are now engaged. Which of the two will follow must depend very much upon the intelligence, the activity, the loyalty to the Church, the amount of cultivation, the wideness and justice of view, which are brought to bear upon the opportunities and difficulties of the new position of the Catholics. The title prefixed to this paper will sufficiently indicate to which of the many urgent needs of the Catholic population we are now directing attention. The very marrow, and muscle, and sinew of the nation is its middle class, and the peculiar condi tion of Catholic Ireland, as also the strong tendency of the age in which we live to throw power into the hands of the people, make us look with special eagerness to this class among ourselves. The destinies of Ireland are in a great measure in their hands. Much as we hope for the future, much as we may reasonably expect from an era of peace, har mony, and justice, shining for the first time on a nation which has so long been denied ordinary opportunities for the development of its abundant energies and unrivalled natural gifts, it can scarcely be denied that the dawn of this happier period in the existence of Ireland finds her most important classes, at the best, imperfectly educated. We believe it to be true th•it in whatever way the youth of this class have had an opportunity of testing themselves by public competition the re sult has been remark•lbly in their favour, even without making full allowance for the great dis advantages under which they have laboured in re gard to preparation for those examinations. What we must insist upon is that no disadvantage at all shall in future exist. This must be urged not only on the Government an•l on all those whose posi tion gives them the power to remedy the wrong, but on the class itself on which the wrong has Foreign whoat, of which but a very moderato quantity came to hand, was also quito as high. On the coast a cargo has been sold at a full price. The quantity now on tho way is about the same as last year. Barley is unaltered. New foreign malting quoted 48s. to ols. Beans and peas unaltered. Oats rather a slow sale. TALLOW. The market is quiet, but stowly, at 44.3 Gd, spat ; 45s Gd last three months. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Aug. s. —Sales probably 8,000 bales, Market quiet and prices drooping. SHIPPING I NTELLIGENCE—This Day GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 4—Mary Jane, from Memel ; Thomas Elizabeth, from Guernsey ; Dido, from Uleaborg ; Nora, fromyroderiekstad ; Miranda, from Hudikswall ; Eleanora, from Cronstadt ; Adelaide, from Sisal ; Norman, steamer, from Stettin; Era, steamer, from St. Petersburg. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 181 D o Antwerp — 11 191 ... 12 0 ~. 25 35 25 40 HBrussels Pamburgb aris Short ... 25 1U ... 25. 17 Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on -the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 Vienna ... 11 571 . Trieste.,..... .. 11 621 Petersburg Copenhagen ..... ............... ” 31/ ... 32 ...... ... 9 17 9 20 MBerlin Cadrid.. adiz - Leghorn Mi1an......., ... 27 75 27 80 Genoa Palurin e ................. 27 75 ... 27 80 LMessina isbon Oporto ................ 511 51/ RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A train left the Victoria Station yesterday morning at 7.30 for Croydon, but had not proceeded far when tho engine and tender and one car riage got off tho lino. Several of the passengers were much shaken, and were detained half-au-hour, being finally forwarded by an o therkrain. THE MASTODON "IN SOUTII CAROLINA.—Captain C. 0. Boutelle, of the United States Coast Survey, whilst making explorations in the neighbourhood of St. Helena Islands, South Carolina s ree,utly unearthed a huge mas todon, lying in a bed of marl. The skeleton was perfect, but a portion of the bones very soft, while other parts aro petrified. The bones are of enortnous size. Professor C. U. Shepard, of the South CarolinL Medical College, and his son, the professor, who recently returned from Europe, will exhume the monster aid bring it to Charleston. It is the first mastodon yot discovered oa the Atlantic coast, though it has heretofore been met with in the West. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences has received from Kansas the bones of an enor mous reptile embedded in crystalised gypsum, and is now engaged iu chiselling them out and putting them together. The vertebral column is over 30 feet long, and the mon• ster is believed to have been more than 50 foot in length. Professor Cope pronounces it a hitherto unknown species of saurian. SI - lA - ki,E LIST. ihare Railways, Pail ; Cloning Prior. Mt ISi 1.1.01 auk' /5....tter 6... it Caledonian it Cambrian tkirk and Bandon...—. 10 Corn Watil it Dublin Si Bellast June st Dun„rerth,,Sc Ab. June E.London, scrip Ceti ' Do. it Glasgow &S. Westcm l l it Great Eastern, ord. stk. ,t Do. E. Angl. st. N 0.2 t tire.4t North ot Scotland, t (Great Northern 1 112 Y 4 76i 77 2u SO 3, 4 75 77 :O 72 05 97 L9 l 10 9 9 0 105 It 7 101 +O5 123 126 IS Do. A stock •• et Do. B stock et Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. oi Ireland , at lit. Western -Original at Do. S. Val. Rail gua. at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord at Do. Newport at Do. Lierelord at Lancashire a Yoranh.r4- at I...indon and Black wall at Lon., lirigh.,& S. Coast at I on., Chat., and Dove: et Do. Metrop. Ex. A at Lon. A North Western at Lon. do South Western at Man., net., Lincoln et Atetropolitan.... ...... Do. New at Do. Extension et Iletropolitan District. I 20 Do. do. do. la Do. and St. John'sW et Midland at Do. £2 Share Do, dirrniu.. A Derby st Mid Kent . . . 97 98 50i 51 43 5.!) 131 .31 531 54 20 2ui It6i 117 91 03 43, 14 117 11 11.3 114 77 8u 06 1061 71 76 at North British it Do. Yth., & Dun it N th. Eastern—Berwick 15 Do. G. Zi • E purolisst it Do. Leeds 1, Do. York it DG. Carlisle ..... it Do. Stock. tic Darling. Do. do, 186041 t North London 38 38 Mj 105 i 58 6 , 14 V 6 i 33 134 31 133 , 19 :21 Do. do. 1864 5 . . 10 Do. do. 1866 . at Ziorth Staffordshire at N. St S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Abcr. awl Do. Scot, Mid. atooa at Shropshire Uuion it South Devon it South Eastern . 10 Staines, Wok., et Wok at rail' Vale 10 11 12 58 CO LUZ 10J 57 58 45 17 76f 77a 11 lz 38 152 Do. C ....... V ale of Neath ........ it Waterford & Kilkenny .0 Waterloo & Whiten& Vet Cornwall. - - BRITISH rOSSESSIONS. - A rlantlo.tBt.Lawrence all b 6 58 at 1 I:om.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 1 go. 5 per cent 100 103 101 103 4 to Do. shares 1 6 1 p 101 Bu ff alo .t Lake Huron all 3 10 Do. Preference 00 I Bail Brant 44Godcrich . b p.c. 15/2-3-1 lOO 68 71 at Calcutta .a S. E., Urn LOU - - st Jai e Town & Deck, go Lou 62 67 10 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 101 103 st east Bengal, gu., sdu 100 tOtl I;ti • Off at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 1 9 11 Ls 40 Do. .1 _Extension - - st .rand fruukof Canada 100 16/ 171 00 .10. Equip. Mort, Bond:. 1 ottArge 6 p.c all 7d 62 ,00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all flu 52 100 Do. do deferred. .. all - - too De. 2d fret. Banos .lll 38 10 100 Do. do. deterred - - - luo Do. 3d Prel.stook all 16 28 100 Do. do. deferred - - ILA) Do. lilt Pro. stook ,00 Do. do. deterred ... all - at ;t.ludiaPen.guu. sp.t. too 1071 1(3, 13 10. Gus. 5 per cent ls 16 2 1 , 10 Do. New "ona. 2 .0.. 6 11 2 a l at ti t. 8o uth ofludia gua. 5 per cent D.,. 11 per cult lOO :9 IJI To - - ;mat Wt.& of Canada all 131 DJ. New . - - Do. 6p. o Bus. pay. tsn all 9J 101 10/ 00.5 s do. pay. 1677-8.. all J t 9:1 Wadras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 106 i 71 1051 Do. 41 do Do. 11 do lOO 1,5 97 Do. Fifth Extension 5 - Cor. 6p. C. Bnds. 100 - - Mel. & Hobsou's Bay all - let pi.ba 100 83 lb Dude g. 5 pa 00 101 106 i Soinde luu 102 ) it 31 D. Delhi Do. do ... A i 2 :J Do. Punjaub.... .. 100 'lOll 1021 1021 Do.lndua St.rlot lot. - COLONIAL UOV.CRISMNNT SECCIIITIIC6. - British Columbia, 6 per - ' e U ac l ne7.147t., D ee. .. ° B v 4 . 6 P 3l c .j l a 2.... 100 7 ui Y 100 1 1,-- - 3 105 1 1031 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.. 1.0 102 21 3' - Do. sp. c. Mar. 4 Sept 100 101 1,6 - Do. sp. c. Jan. 4 July 100 91 93 9 g - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk ICO 90 92 -, Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 - ,o. D)o.Ap1.8;d10 11, of 18980-01.90000 100100 1017 i 1 113 - - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i 100 lOti I 1 u - Do. 5 per ocut. 13 April and 15 Oct., 1900 100 08 100 - Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p 100 1.8 110 - Do. 1872, do 100 105 107 - _ilaurltius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. - 0. 1882, Mayl6, Nov Lou 1-6 1 8 • - Do. 1815, Feb. 4 Aug.. 100 ' 166 l'ai - Natal '3ov. 6 per cent.. 100 - - S. B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.6z.July 100 I 99 10 102 1 - N. S.W. b1 0y.5 p • c.,186t, 100 I 99 101 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 100 96 99 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 100 98 10 Iro - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 - - Do. 5 per cent lOO 974 984 - \lova Scotia Goy. 6p. a. sterling, 1875 l9O 101 103 - queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 105 106 - S.Aus.Goy. 6 p. 0.1868.9 100 - - - Do. 111:8 St upwards l5O 110 111 - Vio Gov. 6p.c. ht &July 100 - Do. do. April 4 Oot lOO 112 114 BEITISII MIXES. - Cain. Consol. Gold lint. 1 - - Chiyertou ....... , - - Clifford Am a l gamated lO 1 2 1 ; - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 420 430 - Drake walls 2.1.0 4 g -- Fate, Bassett (Illogan) 291 42 10 1 East Caradon 2.14... 3 - East Cam Brea 34 4 I - East Grenville . ... 2.14.0 I 9 2 - East Gunuialake 8.3.6 4 4 - East Loved 3.9.0 8 9 - E. W'l Russell crayistk 12 15.6 14 g - 0 am..lr StAubyn(G wen. 66 z 4 - Great Laxey, limited all 16 17 - dreat South Tolgus 1.4.0 - - .treat Wheal Busy 14.9.6 - - - :1. Wheal Vor (lielstote 40 15 le - 3renville 9.0.6 14 14 - aerod's Foot ..... 8.10.0 38 40 - dingston Downs 5.10.6 2) 24 - Ilar„maret (Uny Lelant 12.17.6 6 6 - Ilarke Valley c10.6 7 74 - liwyndy Iron Ore, 11w 34 24 It - New S ton - North ioskcar - N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - -- - North Wheal Crofty - Prosper United....... - erovidenee (Ulu Lelant 1 1.6.7 20 28 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 300 310 - South Condurrow :).2.0 f f - S.Wheal Fran. (Ill ogan 18.18. v 171 19a - Stray Park . 35,15.6 II 6 Croft .......... ii all 14 16 - Vigra and Clogan,lim - - - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Liskeard 11 19 12 - West Chirerton ....... . 11 6) 62 - West Seton--... - Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 64 62 67 - Wheal Buller (Itedruth 22 15 4 5 ..- Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 20 22 ..... Wheal Scion ...... ... 581 60 65 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 8 10 rttErEitErium stiA KtOb AND STOClid, Great Eastern 41 per cent., Ditto, 5 per cent., 1862, 861 FOUE/GN SAIL WAY& Buenos Urea Lu x em b ourg , Grea tSo 12i luth3 ern, gua. 7 per cent., 13i [ *, FOILIAIGN Port Phillip, 14 Roses Urande, i St. John del !ley, 1ia1,:204 20 BAN.SE. Azra. lim., A, 111 Australasia, 53 • Bank of Victoria, Australia, 371 London and County, 52} London Joint Stoc►. 344 London and 11 estrninster. tfi VaiDitto, Scrip, 45 ) Oriental Bank Corporation, 491 MISCIILLANXOOB: Anglo American Telegraph, 24 Anglo-Mediterranean Telegrspn, lim., 7i Berlin Water Works, 15 Ditto. new, 91 Bombay Gae, lim., 4 Egyptian Si per Cent.. Viceroy Loan,7gua., Oil Fore-street Warehouse, 1im.,:12 Gen. Credit and Discount, liw.. 5 9-16 National Discount Company, 11/ Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, hf Foreign Nail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australis and New Zealand, via SouthaMptoll4....AUM 15. Ditto. via Marseilles.......-......,........, Aug. 10. Ditto, via Panama Aug. 28 Brasil,l3uenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. 3. Ditto, by Yrenoh paokot ............. Aizg. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... 041 e of Good hope. Ascension. and Bt. flelena Aug. 12 China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton —Aug. 15 Gibraltar. via SouthamptJa Ang 8 lad:a, via Southampton ...... ......... Aug. s Liao, via Marseille. •... ......Au . 7. 3fait a, Egypt, &.?. Aug. 8. Ditto, horseflies Aug. .7. haLritios, Capa of Good live, and Natal, via Scuthamptou . _ Ditto, Alarbei.tes Aug. I Newtonndlat.e. ...... .... ....... ..... ....... Aug. 12 Portugal ..... .. United States, t anacia, CaMurata, dm, by Britian picket • • ...Aug, 8 Ditto, by Canadian poet Aug. 7. Ditto, by 1. fitted States packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Indies and Yu ilio (except Mexico and Baha mas) %Vest Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Toner: Aug. 17 Falkland Islands ...Sept .3. Cub t and Mexico .... Aug. 13. Baha.nas, via New Y Bermuda, via Halifax ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 100 100 100 all 100 ooeeate I. Any system of social or intellectual tep ession continued for centuries must infallibly affect those who are subjected to it' not merely in the way of actual itjury, but in that also of taking sway the desir: aed the pursuit of better things. fo take no other criterion of a fact for which the present geneation is certainly not to blame, sorely the coalition of literature in Ireland, the scanty support accorded to it, and the comparative weakness of its influence, is an evidence of the absence of that wholesome s'imulus to intellc tual activity contained in a sound and elevating system of middle-class education. Literature helps on education, but education must come be fore literature ; and when the latter languishes, when people who have time and money to spare, who can afford themselves amusements and luxuries of a certain kind, take no interest in the world of thought, we may conclude that material well-b sing an 1 prosperity have oni.rim, in their case, the Fro gress of intellectual culture. Such persons when entrusted with political power, and placed in the front of a great national movement, are not Lashed without all Fght to guide them and all training to fit them for the emergency, but they are still only half furnished at best with the qu'alifications re quired for the adequate discharge of the momen tous duties imposed on them by Providence. The supply of abundant educational means for the middle class of Catholic Irishmen thus becomes one of. the most crying necessities of the present eventful time. It may be worth while to remind ourselves of part at least of the history of intermediate educa tion in Ireland. It is not that nothing has been done to provide this boon for the people, but that all that has been done has been done in the wrong way, and with the distinct end in view of using eduoation for purposes of perversion. It is im portant to insist on this, because the same prin ciple is still in operation, and has not been by any means abandoned in the hearts of many who call themselves the friends of e lueation in Ireland. The evil spirit of bigotry first worked openly and without disguise, and afterwards put on a mask, which it still wears, First of all, the Irish were deprived of the ample means of education existing in the country before the se-called Reformation, and then education was offere I them at the hands of Protestant teachers. This downright system failed, and the mixed system was devised to suc ceed it—a system which has been used for much good, by being made, in practice denominational, but which is clung to pertinaciously by a large and influential party, because it puts fetters on Catholic education, and "muzzles " the Catholic religion in its own home and on its own domain. The spirit which still keeps up this system, be cause it prevmts any outward display of Catholi cism in schools where teachers and children are all alike Catholic, is akin to the spirit which kidnaps children in the holy name of charity, and bribes starving peasants into apostacy by the joint and undivided offer of bread and the Prot:staut The workings of this spirit in Ireland are as old a 3 Protestantism itself. The tale of intermediate education in that country shows how the institu tions which at one time afforded education to the Irish race were in the first place trampled under foot, and literally crushed out by force of law, the han Imaid of despotism ; in the second place, how by the same force all substitutes that would or could be accepted by Irishmen were rigidly pro hibited ; and lastly, how education, supplemented by endowments 'and foundations, was offered to that people on the condition of their foregoing their ancient language and religion. This history is unfolded and detailed in tee " R2port of her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the endowments, funds, and actual condition of all schools endowed for the purpose of education in Ireland, accompanied by minutes of evidence, docu ments and tables of schools and endowments, pre sented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty." The report—contained in 287 pages of Blue Book, besidcs au Appendix of 56 pages—and the minutes of evidence, in three bulky volumes of 2,334 pages, were presented to Parliament in the year 1858. Tae commissioners were the present Marquis of Kildare, the Right Rev. Dr. Graves, Bishop of Limerick, George Hughes, Esq., now one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Irelani, and two b srrist,:rs-at law. As we believe that this report is little known, and likely to be entirely overlooked, by nasan of the more lively interest excited by the recent re port of the English Commissioners on the cognate institutions in this country, it is desirable to call attention to its contents at a time when every de - tail likely to throw a light upon the present state of Ireland should be studied by the statesman and the legislator. MARKE7 S-7 MS DAY. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENHALL. MEAT.—Tbe trade is very irregular in consequence of the heat of the weather, and our reference to quotations on Monday will apply to-day. CORN. The weather continues tine, and the rapid progress of the harvest is undisturbed. The grain trade throughout is a little firmer in tone. At Mark•lane to-day the attendance was small, arrivals light, and rates firm. English wheat was held for the full terms of Monday last. 101.111•00 .PROGRAADJE OF BRIGHTON nAgE CLUB MEETING. - THURSDAY. The Brighton Club Sta:-.es (handicap) of 10 sous each, lift, with 50 added by tho club. Bristol mile. 11 subs. Ago st 11; Ago st lb ... 4 12 101 . PresidentUncoln... 3 10 2 ... 5 12 0 1 Sampson ... 3 9 12 ... 410 13 chirpenliaui ... 5 911 ... 3 -10 11 ....3 9 .5 10 8 Toy 3 9 ... 5 10 6 Silenus A etteA Pevousf..y Clafron W(.l -ey Pruserpino... The Claret Stakes of 5 so:v - s each, with :>:) aide 1 by the Club; winners of any race after July ..;t ►lib. of two or of the Brighton Stakes 10th extra; to be rillca by members of tho Club. T.Y.Q. lii subs. Ago st lb, Age st lb Silenns ... 4 12 12 Redivivas .. Warrior ... a 11 9 Ettriek 4 10 10 Haymaker... ... 311 5 Aerolite 410 5 Victress ... 4 11 3 Sampson . 3 10 5 Reindeer ... alO 13 John Leech ... 310 3 Foresight, 410 12 Maesllwch... ... 39 11 Chiron ... • 310 10 Traveller ... ... 3 9 9 Balsam° • 3 10 9 Toy . 3 9 7 The IN:nth 'Lighten Club Biennial Stakes of 10 sous cac't, ith 50 added, for three yo.tr olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners beim° stArting (matches excepted) once 51b, twice 81b extra; untrieds allowed 31b. Bristol mile. 20 subs. Lictor (31b), York, Birdseeker, Grandee, Cock of the Walk, Cuckoo, Quadroon (dead), Monkey Island, Le Veuitien, Mercuro, Retirement, The Purest Ring (31b), Pearl Mosque, Speculum, Peres, Northerner, Minute Gun, Sedella, Veda, and Macduff (31b). Tho Tenth Brighton Club Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added by the Club, for three year olds; colts 86t 101 b, fillies Set 71b. T.Y.C. ; 12 subs. Sister to Veda, Brother to Canibuscan, Iberia Lady Di, Amazone, L'Eveneinent,. Burton, Cornet S.nik'o, Matilda (Gib), Sagan, llermoine a (31b), and Q teen o f t h e Vale filly (31b). A Plato of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 SOW 3 each, for two year olds; colts, Bet 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; three year olds Bat 71b, four Oat 51b, five, six, and aged 9st 91b. One mile. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added; two year olds Gst 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 51b, five and up wards 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed Bib. T.Y.O. A Plate of 50 sovs (handicap), for beaten horses during the week (two ear olds excepted). T.Y.C. PROGRAMME OF LEWES AUGUST MEETING. FRIDAY, Aug. 7. The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. ; three year olds Bst 51b, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9$ 121 b. Two miles. A Sweepstakes of 5 ,ovs each, with 50 added, for two and three year olds; two year olds 71b, threo 9st 91b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Hall a mile. The Borotigh Members' Plate of 50 sows ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 71b, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9$ 10.10. T.Y.C. The Castle Plato of 50 sovs; two year olds Gat 71b, three Bst 916, four 9$ 1016, five and upwards 9st 1215; mares and geldings allowed 31. b. One mile. Tho Priory Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 1016, fillies Bst 71b; winners of 100 sovs, 316, of two such stakes or of 500 at any one time 71b extra; maidens which have tun three times allowed 51b; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C. (about 5 fur); 36 subs. F by Plum Pudding out of Lozenge's dam, The Led of Scotland, Clifford, Saraband, Van Tromp, br c by Vedette out of Blanca Capella, Q.teen Esther, The Barones.4, Cica la, Achilles, Master Wh:tll -r, ch f Yellow Ruse, Pladda, Festive, Benefactor, Blairtmie, Consul, Antaz mu, Melody, Martyrdom, Sovereign, Tambour, Shoebary, Ca radoc, Antias, Glen Stuart, Lady Dar, Unilliaa Elector, Mess-mg,r, ELhus, Border Keight, Envelop., Musk, Nanny Thormauby, Night Hag. The Do Warrenno Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 1 only (to the field) if declared by two p.m. on Aug 4 with 100 added ; any winner after July 29 (at 3 p.m.) 71J ex tra. T.Y.C. (about 5 fur). Age st lb Boinbastes ... 4 8 12 Tibthorpe ... 4 8 10 .Leonie 3 8 10 Indian Star ... 5 8 5 Python ... 4 8 5 Victress 4 8 3 Wolsey 5 8 1 Lily ... 3 7 12 Problem ... 4 7 17 Haymaker 3 7 0 A Nursery Haudiety Plate of 100 sovs for two year olds; the winner to be sold for 100 soya (about 5 furlongs). The Welter Cup (Handicap), value 70 soya, by subscrip tion of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with Wadded; gentlemen riders ; ono mile and a half ; 25 subs. Purveyor 3 yrs, Chippenhain 5, Cannon Ball 4, Althr shot 3, Silenus 4, Ciairon 3, Dunrobiu 4, Catilino 4, Rabbit Trap 4, Miss Gladiateur 3, Anthony 8, Leases 4, Zeloo aged, Chivalry 3, Toy 3, Venom 4, Pevansey 4, Shamrock 3, Sweet Boy 4, Miss Gratwicku 3, 31urry Andrew 3, Maesllvveh 3, Violent 5, Vortigern 3, Ambi tions 4, Makeshift colt 3. Freemason Reiudcer Foresight Kettleholder Carlotta ... Hermitage::: Vestinialstor Liunel ... Witless Ago st lb ... 7 5 ... 4 7 3 ... 3 7 1 ... 2 7 1 ... 3 6 12 ... 2 6 9 ... 3 t 5 ... 2 6 5 SATURDAY. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous; half a mile. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, 11 ft ; gentlemen riders; others 7lb extra ; T.Y.C. The Juvenile Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 10Th, fillies Bst 71b; T.Y.C. A Plata of 50 sJvs ; two year olds GA 4Th, three B.t 10Ib, four 9st 121 b, five and upwards lOst 21b; mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; ona mile and a half. The Sussex Stakes of 25 says ea:di, 10 ft, for two year olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies, Bst 71b. Uutrieds allowed 81b, both 61b. T.Y.C. Candidatr., Queen Esther (31b), Glentilt (31b), Lop .z, Nutbreaker, Lure, Border Knight (31b), Paenh!sin.t, Ryeb worth, Scroughold, The Maze 01)), Lyttletin (h b) (31b). The County Cup, value 200 sous, by subscription of 20 soya each, h ft., with 100 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; any previous winner of 200 sous 51b, of 500 soya at any ono time 101 b extra; maiden two years allowed 31b, three 71b, four and up wards 141 b. T.Y.C. 11 subs. King Victor 4 yrs, Acaster 2, Vestminster 2, Leonio 3 Abstinence 2, Sampson 3, Fl ee t w i ng 2, Lavender 2, lii- golboche filly 2, Saladin 2, Wolsey 5. The Railway Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added. T.Y.O. Pontue, Soffinka, King Richard, Lure, Lady Dar, Chris tine, Winchilsea, Minster Chimes, Lyttletan, Louise, Al bania, Lampoon, Crown Princess, scout, Antics, Troy, Trade Wind, Prince Paul, Baroness, Saladin, The Rajah, Westminster, c by Kettledrum—lnaperatrice, Kellogg, c by Master Fenton—Chaperone, Arlington, Islam, Rattletray, Pompeii, Rosocleer. The Lewes Grand Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared by two p.m. on Aug. 4, with 200 added; winners of a handicap value 200 sot's after July 29 (at five p.m.) 71b, of two such stakes or of 500 sous at any one time 101 b extra; the winner of the Goodwood Cup 101 b, and the second in that race 51b extra, any other winner 31b extra ; the second to receive 25 sous out of the stakes ; two miles. Ago at lb Mandrake 4 8 12 Dalby a 8 7 Romping Girl 4 8 1 Age st lb Thorndyke 3 6 10 Vixen g 4 6 9 Ainsley 4 6 9 Cecil ... 3 6 9 Redcap n 6 7 Vortigern 3 6 5 Choral ... 3 6 5 Lady Blanche f 3 6 3 Irish Queen f i i Python 4 7 7 Emigration .5 7 5 Bandmaster ...4 7 1 Birdseeker ... 3 7 0 Lord Palmerston 3 611 4 Q UA TICS. THAMES REGATTA. The first race on Tuesday was for the Champion Sculls. First prize, £9O, second do. £lO, third do. £5. The sculls were won by John Randford, of Newcastle. John Percy of Newcastle was the second, and Joe Sadler, who fell overboard, third ; Kelley did not start, and Sadler was two lengths behind Randford, when ho fell over. Randford is an extraordinary sculler, and a better has perhaps never come from the north. The next race was the Champion Fours; first prize £lOO, second prize £lO. This was won by J. Taylor, W. Scott, A. Thompson, R. Chambers, F. Taylor (cox), of Newcastle-on-Tyne, beating the Putney crow, consisting of G. Tully, F. Kilsby, P. Rob!nson, F. Phelps, G. Phelps (cox). The Coat and Badge for appron, tice, with £7 for the second, third, and fourth, was work by W. Biffen of Hammersmith. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph Stone Williams, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Island of Saint Helena. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 4. Commissariat Department, Assistant Commissary- General Villiers William Caesar Hawkins to be Deputy Commissary-General, vice William Palmer, placed on the Retired List. Assistant Commissary-General Henry Robinson, C. 8., to be Deputy Commissary-General, vice Thomas William Gallo, placed on the RAiro,l List. Deputy Assistant Cemuaissarv-Gonetal Alfred Robert Thompson to be Assistant 0 - ommissary-General, vise Hawkins. Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Francis Charles Blunt to bo Assistant Cotninissary-General, vice Robinson. Military Store Department—The promotion of Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores Gerald Edward March to be antedated to 2d Juno, 1868, and to be vice Lillev, promoted. Tho promotion of Deputy Assistant Superiii tendent of Stores Noblett Phillips to be postdated to 24th June, 1838, and to be vice W. T. Forster, decea ed. BREVET—Deputy Commissary-Goneral Thomas 'William Goldie, having- been placed upon the Retired List, to have rank - honorary ran of Commissary-Genera'. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 3. The under►uentioned officers have been this day pro moted t) the rank of l'aymaster in her Majesty's Fleet Allen Fitzroy GAL), Esq , Charles Henry Ceeloy, Esq. The Price of Gold, The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 12;e. per Li sterling comparing these rates with the English Mint price of lis. Md. per ounce for stands.rd gold, it a,:ve -s ri 4t gold Is nearly 2-10t4per cent, dearer in Paris than iu Lou don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' bight was on the last date about 1101 per cent. At this rate there is a prGilt on the importation of gold from the United States. Business dmie. 7;18 JO i 107 1001 5 !.0; i 1;61 3 44 Ils i 17, 1141 103 71 ':681 8 77 4 I