The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-31 00:00:00

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The Birk return shows no very important change !he principal one is in the private deposits, which are asver from sums being withdrawn to meet the re leireraents of the harvest ; but this has been effected vithout producing any effect upon the reserve. The told also shows a reduction owing to harvest opera !lc'ns• The following are the principal changes since Up preceding return : Decrease in Circulation --- £189•282 Increase in Public Deposits Decrease in o th er D e p os it s No change in amount of Government Securities. Increase in other Securities 330,109 Decrease in Bullion Increase in Rest Decrease in Reserve Bullion in both Departineats Reserve of Notes and Coin Circulation, including Bank Post Bills 24,827,273 Tile following is the official return of the cheques ' 4(l bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for Lae week. endng Wednesd3y, July 29 : July 23, Thursday ... £9,610,000 July 24, Friiay ••• 9,579 000 S tturday 5,906,000 J y ulY 27, Moiiday 8,296,000 •-• 23, Tuezday 9,494,000 • ••• ice; 29, Wednesday ••• 7,570, 000 Total ... £53,7 85 , 000 Bank ers ' JOHN C. Poc ,- )cx, Deputy-Inspector. Clearing-house, July 30. After allowing for the circumstance that Saturday was t holiday on the Stock Exchange, the week's total is I . th eus iilliY small. At this time last year, when busi ness p'1, 8 , 8 was likewise slack, the amount for the week was "",685,000, which, however, included a Stock Ex :.hange settlmnt. LTee Funds are a little firmer. Consols are 94i to 1 4• 1 to J 4 .and accoun . t„ - New and Reduced, Cents., 1142 to 1151 ; ndia Five per , " - Tier Bills, 15 s t o 19 s grew. ; B an k Stock, 246 248, There is also a rather better tone in Foreign Stocks t. the subjoined prices :—Mexican, 15k to 152 ; Greek, 13 to 131 . , New Spanish, 341 to 341 ; Italian, 52a to ; Turkish, 391 to 39g ; Peruvian, 771 to 772 ; v iceroy's, 71k to 712 ; Egyptian (1864), 83i to 8 4k ; Honduras,to 83 ) - • and United States, 72 to 72 1 . 822 , Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures I%r e firm, at 411 to 42.1- ; and the Consolidated Mort- Rage s Bond s , a t 412 to 421. Oth erw i se th e re is no e """ge in American Railways. Erie Shares are 43i to 41, and Illinois 941 to 942. P;nglish R.] •firm but in one or two ist ai ways are still rm, n—a nees prices are a shade lower. Great Western, Brighton, London and North Western, So uth Eastern, and Midland are 1 4 - to Lo wer. Great Northerns have declined 1 per cent. Prices are :—Chatham, 201 to 201 ; Cale sc'flian?' 74/ to 751 ; Metropolitan, 1151. to 1152 ; 43, ) ; -to 44 ; Brighton, 532 to 541 ; Great estern 51 to 514 ; Great Eastern, 40 to 401 ; G re at Northern, 105 to 106 ; ditto A, 1022 to Alb s ; Lowlon and North Western, 1161 to 1161 ; 1051 to 106 ; SCuth Eastern, 761 to 771 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire 130 to 130 k. West Wisconsin Railway Bonds are 2 to 11 prem. Pr quiet business i s doing in Bank Shares. The ices are :—Alliance, 10 to 9 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, t° 7 1 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 281- to 291 ; ,°osoliclated, 41 to 5 ; Imperial 17 to 18 ; Imperial usyoinan, to 1 prem. ; London and County, 52 to ; London and Westminster,. 68 to 69 ; Oriental, 44 f .0 5 ; the London Joint-Stock, 321- to 331 ; and . Untoll of London, 3-4- to 351. In m-•- quoted to 4, tiles Shares Ro. - ;sa Grande are 1 - PrenL • St. John del Rey, 19 to 20; Port Phillip, t _ , • 9 TO 1 1 ; and Chontales 2 to 21. market miscellaneous shares is steady. A n , for TelglC-American Telegraph, 211 to 21 1 ; 3 Atlantic \\T e " ra Ph 8 per Cent., 41- to 41 ; Atlantic and Great estera 2 1 Mortgage Bonds, 411 to 421 ; Credit Foncier, 3- 16ths to 2 15-16ths ; Fore-street Warehouse, 1 t i e , 4l. • Gener a l C re di t, 21 to 2i- dis. : Hudson's 15 '4 td 15;1 ; International Finance, 1 , ,1 to 11 v s . ; London Finance, 25 to 23 dis. ; Lombard oenetian , Railway, 16 to 161; London General 11 1 ; 11 :' i ° 11 R, 11 to 2 ; Luxembourg, 121 to 127,- ; National pre, 111 to 121 ; Ocean Marine, 141 to 15i „,n• ; and Thames and Mersey, 41 to 5. buit.!le following is Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmid's tunn circular:—" The demand for Mexican dollars China has now subsided, and no transactions alttal- place en for the last w e ek or t en d ays. Th us l ' l ough it is not expe c t e d th a t many d ollars will be rec s . ived for the present, in all probability the price •. relapse to the rate at which they can be used for ` g. Bar silver is fl a t, at 600, with but little andin" v, . All descriptions of g o ld are i n goo d d eman d , ^. they ere not the market well suppli e d, no d ou bt e w enlid be withdrawals from the Bank to some cAtent • The annunts shortly expected from Austra to ~execed a million sterling, and large sums continue o received f rom t h e U n it e d States." h in k f ` - ' ll °lrine• has been issued this morning by the of Englzind :—" Notice is hereby given, that O e r k uer to prepare the dividends clue on the 10th ti, e e f .",e,r) 1 868, the balances of the several accounts in 'l ' n e , ° "°wlig, Funds will be struck on the night of p er . 6 13 Y, the Ist September, 1868, viz.:—New £3 Annuities e• Annuities, Reduced £3 per Cent. Annuities, ye, Thirty Years, Annuities for Terms cf d av "rs, and India £4 per Cent. Stock. On Wednes be,the 2nd September, the above-named Funds will oansferable without the dividend due on the 10th 16th next. Bank stock : Shut, Wednesday, Se ln .ptember ; open, Monday, 12th October." £lO ,OO of of the recent considerale arrivals of specie, the C ° , in bar gold was yesterday withdrawn from alik for export. repor t Pref ers Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company's reel:mu-ponds a dividend -of 8s per share on the dividend for the past year, at the rate of 20 per t an _ Der a nnum, is announced by the Birmingham Th e n g Com pany. (Limit ° ,,T ei al liquidator of the Merahant Company Payabieu), announces a dividend of Os in the pound, (lend o e f on the sth August. On the same day a divi koad.h• 2 ' is payable to the creditors of the Rich- GoTh Hotel Company.e C°ll the Great Republic a - Pons of the bonds of the 25tH Silver Mining Company of Virginia, due on call „`'n inst., not having been met, it is proposed to A",,_Meeting to consider the course to be taken. Ilenolityer mission is about to be dispatched to the tesn 4l I e of Venez ue l a, w i t h a v i ew o f o bt a i n i ng th e Plton of diVidends on the ban of 1864. e su A e- • . (oc pension is announced of a jobber in the 1 •'"ehange who had been speculating for a fall retropoli tan. fillishr.augetnents have been completed for the entire a se es.tParern ge g of the'N ew Li s b on Railroad, wh i c h , t h oug h orul • • from the Atlantic and Great taut , stilt, w h en finished, will form a very impor 4adinlaneh, and afford a large traffic to the main road, a s y e ,g_„! lB it do es i nto one of the finest beds of coal ti eto :" . oiscovered and easily mined. It is very satis for 4 ',,Y to know that so able a man as Mr. Jones (who e Y e ars has be en connected w i th Mr. Crawshay ia 'in the prosecution of his xre~vgoing 0 ,_,. large coal . enterprise . ) Ltt to superintend the construction of this teal t ,,',,'„spon Railroad, and generally to promote the wto_rte of the Atlantic and Great Western. 4,14,..1.40nd0n colonial sales are fixed for the 13th bffe7e,lc• About 210,000 bales are expected to be titi e ' 4 ) nearly all of which have arrived. The quan- V . are • * — S d y ney and Queensland, 54,714 bales ; rn ani "a) 59,920 bales ; Adelaide, 9,628 bales ; 'Pa ean , 8 ,477 bales • New Zealand, 39,058 bales ; f t e l_ l B , ,319 bales. du gong Dow expected that the French Loan will be red on the 4th of August. though there are arra w ° o believe all !nged the preliminaries cannot be teeidedbefore the Bth. It does not appear to be , u r 4. „,,Yet whether it shall consist of 3 per cent. ‘tak ti v re ci Cent, stock. At all events it has not lIBITIIIIITI TUNDS--,TWO (' A tO'VERNMENT FUNDS. ." POr ' ' O'CLOCK. 941 I i . Cent. Consols 8 „bitto for Account, Aug. 6 /4,__er Cern. Reduced 94+ } 94- 1 / i t i lie 3 per Cent E. per Cent. Jan. 1894 ''' Per Cent. tl an. 1873 V :). f° " JO yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t,? l (Red Sea Tolevaph), Aug., 1 9 08.• -- 17 14 pm r,' efluer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct -uo. h D o .£5OO 13 17 /7 ...tto: £lOO & £2OO b,. of England Stock, 41 p er Cent — tlAccount ... ........................ .. 411 a :t,4 t YgI2T.A7I - 71874 - D o r, bo. Peuitig, for Account — Do. 0 per Cent. July, 1880 b ° ' l lle, Cent., Oct. 1888 ob. Certificates n?. Enlaced Pape, 4 p c r Cent bu• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 `). 5 i par l' t Al 1879 bo• _.en ay Doer Cent., liup. Deb. 1879 . 1877 — do. D o D, ,-, • do. HP _ 1.),. =s ue b., 5 per Cent.,1.873 b"- 'sends, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO 0. Under £l,OOO pm Arz,,,,,, FOREIGN FUNDS —TWO CLOCK. I,—"'"lleltepultc, 6 per Cent 7 .3 , - Itri.. , 63} +5 • -". zonols 5 per Cent. 1859 rtzlii4,, , ~ il . 0 per Cent , Lc'3.'4 per Cent 1852 b, _ do, o. ~ • 18'";8 — 66 NI. .0., 1860 bo. do., 1863 — o p• s I,©r Cent., 1865 ..... .' v ''' ° \lat ....... ~ s ic ................ b B cen os A.yres 6 per Cent — Do 2 por Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Cuba., 6per Cent. C,Latan 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 —. Do., Scrip £32 paid C ,' mbian, 6 per Cent. D tnisti, 3 p.)r Cent., 1825..................... D ,nut)ian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 7B: , :quador New Consolidated, 1 pz.r Cen' — blgyptian, 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue .... s • D. , . £5OO Bonds Do. 110 C Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1510 Bonds B4l Do. £lOO Bonds ~... 874 6} Government Rail way Dobentures .... GreeK 5 per Cont., 1821 5, ox Coups — Do. Acccuut _, Du. Courow. , Do. Acclunt Ga ttetnala 5 per Cent . — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p 83 It .iian 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account . D '. Maremmana Itaiway — !1 , xicar. 3 per Cent ..... Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do ' 3 per Cont. Anglo-French * aoutevidcan 6 per Cent. ,loorish imperial 5 per Cent Vew Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred - Do Laud Warrants (ilectares) Poi-uriar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. i 7 i Do , li per Cent. (Uribarron) ••• Do 4# per Cent.; 1E62 -. — Do Account... _ Po , •tigguese 3 per Ct., I 858,'6, '7, '9,'6 , 12.' 39 Do. do. 1;',67 — Do. do. Sc: ip, £2O paid Rassian 5 per Cent., 182 z, A; Si — Do 41, per Cont. 1850 Do .1 1 - por Cent 1860 Do 3fer Cent.; 1859 Do 3 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO BonilE.,„ 93i Do. do. .4:81 15s. d 0..., 89 Do., 18GG, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — ho Nicolas Railway Sar Tinian, o per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 - I Do. Account Do• New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Acc. ant Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Tur iish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do C pc:. Cent. 1858- ... Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 651,- Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 6l} Do 4 per Cent., Guarante6d Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificate& Dividends on the above payable ia Londou. Austrian b per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Dv Ac'cOunt French lentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. ItAllah 5 per Cent. 1831, Ez. 251. Do. Account s2} TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9.lt Do. Account, Aug. 6 THE UNITED LAND COMPANY, LIMITED. THIS D XY. The first general meeting of the shareholders was held this day at the Norfolk -street offices, Viscount Ranela4h presiding. The secretary, Mr. C. L. Gruneisen, having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the subjoined report of the directors was read : "'file articles of association specifying that the fit st general meeting of the United Land Company, Limited, shall be held within four calendar months after a memorandum of association is registered, the directors have the pleasure to submit the first report to the shareholders, although the business is neces sarily only formal. The short period which has elapsed since the formation of the company has been fully occupied in the organisation of the offices for public business, and the directors hve. the satisfaction of stating that everything is in working order. " The Directors have elected as first auditors of the Company, in accordance with articles of asso ciation, Messrs. Johnston; Copper, Wintle, and Evans, accountants and public auditors, of 3, Cole man-street-buildings, City, E.C. " The attention of the directors has been unceas ingly devoted to the acquisition of eligible proper ties, and they have been already fortunate enough to secure two highly eligible estates in East Surrey and Middlesex. Due notice will be given when these two estates can be offered for sale. Other properties in various counties are under considera tion. " At Michaelmas the agreemententerA into with the Conservative Land Society for the purchase of the unsild portions of its estates in twenty-six counties will be carried out, and the land opera tions of the old Society will then be exclusively transacted by the United Land Company, Limited, whilst the Society's business will be restricted to the share and advance department under its certified rules. " The directors of the United Land Company' Limited, are deeply iniebted to the members of the Conservative Land Society for the readiness with which they have taken up the shares of the new company ; the first allotment of which has been satisfactory. The directors in due coarse will make the second allotment, the shareholders of the Con servative Land Society having the preference as before, the liability in both cases being limited to the amount of the shares taken. " The directors of the United Land Company, Limited, will use their best exertions to carry out the new'company with energy and economy in the management, and they look forward to the Com bined action of the parent Society and the newly formed Company as tending to advance the prospects and position of both associations. (Signed) " RANELAGII, Chairman. (Countersigned) " CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. " Registered Offices of the United Land Company, Limited, 33, Norfolk-street, and 11, Howard-street, W.C. London, July 31, 1868." [Left sitting.] MARKET S-7 lIIS DAY. The weather continues fine and the harvest progressing rapidly. The sales continues to wear a tone of depression, and most of the country markets was lower. At Mark-lane the fresh supply of English grain wa small, and held for Monday's rates, but the offers were 2s less, and but little was done. Foreign wheat was in moderate supply, and former rates were asked, but in some instances easier rates wera taken. Flour remained without quotable change. Bailey, beans, peas, and oats same as on Monday. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. Sugar.—Tho market is steady with a fair demand for both landed and floating parcels. Coffee—There is only a moderate inquiry, but, so far, steady rates have been paid. Tea—Only a limited business is passing, but rates are unchanged. Rice is more freely offered on the spot, and rates are again lower. For arrival the market for soft grain con tinues steady'. Saltpetre is dull, at moderate rates. Oils—Linseed is steady at 30s 6d spot, and Englisb brown rape 31s 6d. Turpentine is firm at 27s for American. TALLOW. The market is quite at 41s to 44s 3d spot, 45s to 45s 3d last three mouths. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, July 31.—Sales not estimated. Market exteasive.demand ; advalicug. Despatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial Office from the Governor-General of Canado. De spatches Were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. FIRED TRANSPORTS.—The following ships have been taken up by the Transport Department of the Ad miralty for the conveyance of Government stores:—Glen Tilt, 991 tons, for Bombay ; Lincoln, 971 tons, for Gal cutta ; Chatham, 491 tons, for Bombay; Phaeton, 576 tons, for Calcutta ; John Bull, for Canada ; and Petchee, for Singapore. Ordered for survey :—The Welcome, for Bern ucic TUE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1868. SHARE LIST. PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. THIS DAY. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Parliament was prorogued this day, by Com mission. The Speaker, attended by the Serjeant-at-Arms and other officers, and accompanied by several members of the Lower house, appeared at the bar of the House of Lords. The Royal assent having been pronounced in re• spect of several Bills, The Royal Message was read by the Lord Chan cellor, as follows : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I am happy to be enabled to release you from your labours, and to offer you my acknowledgments for the diligence with which you have applied your selves to your Parliamentary duties. My relations with foreign Powers remain friendly and satisfactory. I have no reason to apprehend that Europe will bd exposed to the calamity of war, and my policy will continue tJ ba directed to secure the blessings of peace. I announced to you at the beginning of this ses sion that I had directed an expedition to be seat to Abyssinia to liberate my envoy, and others of my subjects, detained by the ruler of that country in an unjust captivity. RAILWAY IMELLIGEFCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the International Hotel, London-bridge Station ; Mr. S. Laing, M.P., in the chair. The working expenditure on the Brighton had been reduced from 75 to 55 per cent., and the 3 were told that the proportion might be still further reduced when -the traffic increased. He hoped the directors would not enter into working agreements with other companies until their lino was brought under a good An d economical system of management. He be lieved, if they went steadily on, that in the course of two years they would have three or four per cent. dividend. After some further discussion, the report was adopted, and the proceedings terminated. FIRE AT GREENWICH-7IIIS DAY. Whilst the fire in Finsbury was raging, another one, which unfortunately was attended with great loss of property, took place in the premises belong ing to Mr. F. M. Argars, licensed victualler, kaown as the Wheatsheaf Tavern, No. 11, Church street, Greenwich. The flames originated from some unknown cause in the bar, and quickly igui:ed the barrels and spirit casks, an 1 before any attempt could be made to reach the seat of the fire the flames rolled up the staircases and ignited nearly a d.azmi rooms. The inmates fortunately succeeded in reaching the street in safety. Nameroas engines of the Matropolitan Brigade, incluling two land steamers by Shald, M tsan, and C )., promptly attended, and the mynent water was tiaaiaeLl the firemen went to work in first-rate style, but they were unable to get the conflagration extinguished until the premises and the valuable contents were nearly destroyed. The origin of this fire is also un known.- Mr. Argars was fortunately insured in the Phceuix fire-office. OPENING OF THE TII.I3IES EMBANK MEN I. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. a itailways. !Paid. ] C p lo ri s oe ing . gu d e v i n nrs - Bilged and Mieter lVr 82 91 Ca1ed0nian............ 100 741 75 751 _;anibrian llOO j 20 30 Jorlt and Bandou I - - ,orn wall I all i 3, 4 Oublin . Bellast Junc I 1011 75 71 )un„Vcrth,&.ab.Junc ' 100 i 70 72 S.D. - mann, bcrip Ceztie all - - Do. 100 - ilasgow &S. Western 100 95 96 Jreat Eastern, Ord. I; tk. 100 391 401 43 Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 100 8 9 ircat North ol Scotland 100 11 .6 Ireat Northern lOO 105 106 1061 Do. A Block .. 100 103 iu3,l 1011 B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pu, 10v - - ..RS, and W. ol Irelant: 100 I 97 98 it. Westcru -Original 160 511 511 511 Do. S. Val. Itail. gua. 100 - Do. South Wales 43 55 Do. W. Alid.-Oxiort , 11,0 1:8 33 Do. Newport lOO 28 32 Do. Hereford 100 - Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 1201 ,3; 134 Landon and Ehu:kwahl 100 - Lon., Erigh., &S. Coast; lOU 531 54 54 ou., Chat., and Doveii 100 2u 201 Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO -•- Lou. & North NVestem ICO 118} 11.4 116} Lou. 7 South Westerl.l NO 91 03 Alan., Slid., & Linevii • 100 131 44 43 '.lLetropolitan. I all 11'1 116 1151 Do. Nov, - - Do. Exten,ion ietrupolitan Diatriet all 77 6u iso. do. do. - Do. and St. John's IV 6 - - '4llM:cud Do. £9 Share - - - Do, 13trnaiu.. & D.rbi 100 73 75 lid Sent - - North British Lio. Ed., rth. , & Don - th. Eastern --Aler wick 100 11 03 114 Do. ti.N•E purollasc i 6.13.4 - Leeds ..... lOU 57 69 Do. York lOO 92 93 Do. Carlisle ..... 100 13') 134 Do. Stook.ltz Darliug all 131 133 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 5 - - - Do. do. 18156 'forth Staffordshire N. &S. W. Junction Scottish Central - - - Scot. N. JO , Abe:. stock - - Scot, Mid. stock - - - - ShropAnire Union South Devon WO 45 47 iouta Eastern Staines, Wok., .t Wok all 11 12 Call' Vale lOO 145 159 Do. C - - V ale of Neath - - Waterford & Kilkenny lOU - - Waterloo & Whltelia 116 - - West Cornwall - - hare it 2J t tj St St BRITISLI POSSESSIONS. lA.tlautic&St.Lawrence all 50 58 I Bon]. Baroda...e Cen.lu st ' gu. 5 per ce.nt. . lOO 103 IC4 40 Do. F 'Shares l6 p 200 Ituffato & Lake Elnrou all 3 4 10 Do. Preference ; Itu'd.,Brant, Goderich 6 p.c. AbiZ-..;-f lO 68 71 at Calcutta &S. E., Um.. 100 et Jai-0 Towu 21 Dock, gu. 100 62 67 tO Demerara, 7 p.c. per. In all 101 lu3 at ,ast Bengal, gu., sdu 100 .06 I , :s East ludiau, gu. 5 p.c. 100 1 9 110 .CBl 40 Do. J Extension .. 15 st ,randTruukot Canads 100 161 17; 00 Do. Equip. Mort, 13und, 1 charge 6 p.c all 76 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred _ all 100 Dc'. 2d Prof. Bonds all 38 40 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 20 28 100 Do. do. deterred 100 Do. 4th S'ret. stook 100 Do. do. deterred st :1. ludic fen. gua. Sp lOO 1070 1185 103 '3 o. (lea. 5 per cent lB 14 2 p 40 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 1.6 2 at 1. zionth of India gua. 5 per cent per cent lov 19 101 l'o reat Wes. of Canada all 14i 14i Do. New .... • `o. 6p. u 13(..5. pay. 1873• all 99 101 .0. 5 do. pay. 1e77-8.. all 91 93 gua. 5 p.c 100 itiOi 1075 Do. 41 do :00 100 102 Do. 4O do lOO 0 97 Do. Filth Extens•iol 1 5 Alelb. Cor 6p. c. Buds I 100 & Hobson's Bay all N. IH.C'da..6pc is t pt. ba iOtt 83 65 Oude & liniik'nd,g.sp.o .00 1.55 1011, •cinde • 1 100 1121 a 31: IC2I Do. Delhi Do.Rio l 4' 2 v Do. Pun;aub..•. 100 101 i 1024 Dn.l mine Stria , 101 , i feel sure that-you will share in my satisfaction at the complete success which ha 3 attended that expedition. After a march of 400 miles, through a difficult and unexplored country, my troops took the strong place of Magdala, freed the captives, and vindicated the honour of my Crown; and by their immediate return, without one act of op pression or needless violence, prove I that the ex pedition had been undertaken only in obedience to the claims of humanity, and in fulfilment of the highest duties of my sovereignty. The cessation of the long-continued efforts to promote rebellion in Ireland has for some time ren dered unnecessary the exercise by the Executive of exceptional powers. I rejoice to learn that no person is now detained under the provisions of the Act for the suspension of the habeas corpus, and that no prisoner awaits trial in Ireland for an offence connected with the Fenian conspiracy. GENTLEMEN OF TILE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have to thank you for the liberal supplies which 76 62 you have voted for the public service. 5O 52 , MY LORDS AND GENTLE3IEN, 1 have had much satisfaction in giving my assent to a series of measures completing the great work of the amendment of the representation of the people in Parliament, which has engaged your attention for two Sessions. I have seen with satisfaction that the time neces sarily occupied by this comprehensive subject has not prevented you dealing with other questions of great public interest, and I have gladly given my sanction to bills for the better government of public schools, the regulation of railways, the amend:nent of the law relating to British sea fisheries, and for the acquisition and maintenance of electric telegraphs by the Postmaster-General; and to several important measures having for their object the improvenint of the law, and of the civil and criminal procedures in Scotland. By the appointment of . a Co.nptr o ll er -i n -Chi e f in the War Office a cons.iderabl3 reform in Army administration has been commenced, which, by combining at home and abroad the various depart ments of military supply under one authority, will conduce to greater economy and efficiency both in peace and war. COLOSIAL sEcuurriEs. U p o e l a u b .3 0. ti, 100 - t)an.Gov.6l).c.Ja.&July , 187 7 A .... 100 101 106 10413 f - !Do. 6p. C. Feb. & Aug.; 1.0 ,04 105 - !D“. sp. 0. Mar. & Sep: 10,) 103 105 - :Jo. sp. c. Jan. & July, 100 90 02 921 - Do, sp. c. Inscribe° 81: . 100 91 - Jape ti.llope. 6 p.c.167:3! 100 102 lot Apl.&Oot 1:40-1V0:.;: 100 11) 112 - Uo. do 1950-9,:' 100 I tO7 109 - do. Jan.AJuly, 1020-'). 100 108 110 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April anti. i 5 Oct., 1900 ; 100 PS :00 - ,!ey ion , Nov- 1.878, up. 100 1 6 1;0 - Do. 117;72, ; 100 105 107 -o, 1973 . ,1 Jan. and July ; 100 104 106 - Do. H7B - 1082, liay 15, Nev. ;*1 100 107 100 - DO. 18,15, Feb. & 100 106 100 - Natal 'OOO. 6 per cent..l 100 -- - N- 11 •GOv.6p.o.Ja.&July1 (GO 09 10 - V. S.W. Gov.s p.c., 184 t ;; 100 Di 101 - DO. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1670, 100 98 00 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 100 98 10 . 921 - New Zealand, 6p. cent! 100 - Do. 5 per cent.... ....! :00 97A 9SI NOVO. Se Ala, Gcv. 6p. c tterling, 1875 1100 101 iO3 - Gov. 6p. e ; 100 105 100 1031 - , S.Auctiov. 6 p,c.1668- :1 100 - - Do. 1,878 &up wards ! 1(0 110 :11 - Vto Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July! 100 - - • - Do. do, A pril & Oat : 100 i 112 114 ve C n O o t a lt3ol. Gold, liit1 1 1 :1 8 . 1 11 11 E—S. . 81 1 2 !knifferd Arnaljamated. Su 2 3 li)evOn G. Cons. (Tavlst. 1 Ito 1.:0 - orakewalls 2.1.0 4 -- 'East Bassett(lllogan) 2u 4 13 14 e4st Caradon 2.11.0 3 4 10%as t Cara 13r , a 33 ::‘;:Lst Grenville Pl:tat Gunnislake. 8.3.6 1 Nast Loved. 3.9.0 8 y ir. W'l Russell (Taviatk 12 15.6 / Oam.& StAubyn(G Nen. 06 2 4 Circa I,:ocey, limited all 16 17 reat South Tolgus 1.4.0 Great Wheal busy 11.9.0 G. Wheal Vor (Helst.+ll 10 15 16 9.0.6 11 13 flerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 118 40 ilingston Downs 5.10.6 2# 21 Aargaret (Uny Lelant'l3,l7.o 6 blnrjc. Valley Y.19.0 • 7 74 Awyndy Iron Ore, 11w 31 2/ 11 cv S ton North losk ear I 381 5 '1 N.Wh Bassett(lllegan. 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 1 2 .1 3 . 0 2 3 Prosper United 1 8.11.0 2 21 a Providence Lelant ► )A% 20 23 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l# 360 310 South Condurrow " '3. Wheal Fran. alloganilB.lB.ll 1 7 1 194 •itray Park . 85.15.6 Croft.-- .... 11 Vigra and Clogan, lim all West . l4assett(lllKau 13 I/ W. Caradon (Ltskeardi 1= 19 i 2 West Chirerton .. 11 6) 62 lVest Seton 47# 190 2,0 Wheal Bassetc 'Mogan 51 62 67 Wheal Buller atedruth 22 15 4 5 .._ Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 2J 22 Wheal Seton Wheat Trelawney (Lis 5.27.0 8 1J PREFERENCE SMAJtES. PREFERENCE SIA.ItES. Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 70 London and Brighton, o per cent. gua. No.l, trOttEIGN BAIL VV.A.Yb. Antvrrp and Rotterdam, 14 E ,stern of France, 21f rat I.llXelt.tiourLY„ 12i Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent, pl.. 1 1 ,1 zo at h A.ustriaa Lombarau ent tiara, 1O IOKEIQI MINIM A lamillos, limited, 11 DJII redro. N r►b Del Iley. St. John del Rey, lim , 191 '4u A N Agra, litn., A, .1 , n 5 u 1 11! Australia, and Chin a , 193 L Ditto, B, 96 Australasia. 521 31 CBiliiiiirkte°rteud tialagao,xl.l.3ml Consolidated, iim , Lana Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London and River !late, 136 nom I AM dOll Joint Stock, 33j Union of London, 35 MISCELLANJOOUB. Anzlo-Mediterranean Telegraph, lira., 5 British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph, lien., les Egyptiiii 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loaa,.gua., dj .1 ouson'a Bay. 15# 6 Reuter's Telegram, l royal Mail Steam, 67 Telegraph Construct. arid Maintenance, 166 Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, Via Southampton ..... A.ug. 15. Ditto, via Marseilles ..., • • •...•••Ang. 10 Ditto, via Panama ....... .......... ........... July aJ. Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Alonte Video Aug. 4. Ditto, by leremob packet Aug. 2. Cape Vords, by Brazil paottet . . Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena. —.Aug. 12 Gains., fens.reg, and Singapore. via Southampton Aug. i libraltar, via SoutitamptJa Aug 1 India,via Soutnarnoton .............. t , Aug. 1 unto, vla Alaraeillo Italia, Egypt, &a. Aug. 1. Ditto, Marseilles... Juiy .7. .I,lsuritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Dltt ), Marecide3 Aug. 13 Netsfouudla Lc' Yortugal .• • • •. .. Aug. 1. United States, 1 achda, California, &0., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet July 31. Ditto, by L Litcd Mates packet Ditto (Mk (Baltimore) , West ladies and l'&atio ;except 3lexioo and Baha- etas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 3 Faitland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, vla New Y" Aug. 12. 13911111144 1 Y . 114 Lialifwt ..... A._ Juix It is my intention to dissolve the present Parlia ment at the earliest - , day that will enable my people to reap the bcnetit of the extended system of repro sentat,on which the wisdom of Parliament has pro vided for them. I look with entire coati-lei :cc to their proving themselves worthy of the high privi lege with which they have thus been invested ; and I trust that, under the blessing of Divine Provi dence, the expression of their opinion on those great questions of public policy which have occupied the attention of Parliament and remain undecided may tend to maintain unimpaired thAt civil and religious freedom which ha 3 been secured to all my subjects by the iustitution 3 ani settlement of my realm. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7711S DAY. MARLBORO 11-STREEI. A GANG OF BEGGARS.—AIfred Reynolds, 'Times Casey, Michael Cunningham, and John Kelly, all rough, powerful-looking fellows, were charged be fore Mr. Knox with begging. Police-constable Gordon, 33 C, said that shortly after 12 o'clock last night he was on duty in Lei cester-square, when he saw the prisoners—two of them, Kelly and C unn i ng h am , w ere drunk—beg ging of every one th ey me t, an d two females corn plained that the prisoners had begged of them and that they could not get rid of them, and appeared very much frightened.. Inspector Stead, C division, said that Kelly and Cunningham were charged at that court the week before last, with a man named Murphy, with begging. Mr. Knox said it was a sea.ndalous thing to see able-bodied men going about begging. One of the prisoners asked what they were to do? Mr. Knox told them not to get drunk, and com mitted Reynolds and Casey for a month each, and the other prisoners for two months' cach with hard labour. THAMES. SERIOUS ROBBERY BY A SERVANT GIRL—AIM Phillips, a servant girl, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing £7, the moneys of her master, Mr. Wilson, of No. 22, Gainsborough road. The prisoner had been in the service of 11Ir. and Mrs. Wilson for seven months. On Tuesday night last the prisoner remained in the house after her master and mistress had retired to rest. She was entrusted with the keys, and among them was a key which fitted a drawer in which 14 sovereigns were deposited. At five o'clock on Wednesday morning Mrs. Wilson got up and missed her servant. She also found her drawer open, and missed seven sovereigns from it. Yes terday evening a police-constable, named C a bb, No. 240 K, arrested the prisoner in the house. of her aunt in Burn's-lane, Spitalfields. He charged her with stealing seven sovereigns. She said "SoI did; go to No. 7, Ilannibal-road, Stepney, and you will find a parasol, a locket, and a chain ; and if you go to the Jacob's Well public-house close by you will find a brooch which I have bought. The rest of the money I have spent. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said she had got rid of all the money she had stolen, except Bs. sd. she had delivered to the constable. Caple asked for a remand, and said other pro perty was missing. Mrs. Wilson—Yes, I have missed other things since she has been in my employ. Mr. Benson yetnanded the prisoner for a week. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.— At a general meeting of the Fellows, held yesterday, July 30, the following gentlemen, haviug undergone the neces sary examination, were duly admitted members of the Col lege :—Mr. David A. Mosey, M.D., Edic., Edinitugh house, Turahatn-green ; Mr. Joseph Frank Payne, M. 8., Oxon., St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington; Mr. John Junes Phillips, M.D., Loud., Guy's Hospital; Mr. Thomas Pigg, M.D., St. Andrew's, Manchester ; Mr. Joseph Rutter, M.D., Loud., Brighton ; Mr. Robert Temple Wright, M.D., Edin., 10, New Ormond -street. Wilco IS LOP.D RIGLAW.—" The English," says a French paper, "are no better off than ourselves. Such is the heat in London, where the streets are even wider than our own, that apoplexy is there, so to speak, quite an epi demic. Last Sunday Lord Riglaw (?), a sportsman and dandy, was seen crossing Hyde Park in his shirt sleeves and carrying his coat on his arm. Shocking! This fact was announced next day in the papers. Lord Riglaw is magi; coagarod, bat hcr►cp bfnamoka olobrity." Mr. Searle, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which appeared in the 7inies, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it would not be necessary for him to detain them at any length, as the position of the company was now simple and straightforward. The capital account had been practically closed. The enormous mass of liability which pressed upon the company last year had now been got rid of, or had been reduced within manageable limits. The largest portion of it was for liabi - lities in connexion with lines in progress or in course of being wound up. He was glad to say that the borrowing powers, as define I by a recent Act, would be ample for meeting all the lia bilities of the company. As far as the • directors could see, there would be no necessity for issuing any portion of the £1,000,000 of additional ordi nary stock authorized by the Act of 1863. (Hear, hear.) He had explained on a former occasion that it was necessary to ask for that power, because they were not certain up to the last moment that Parliament would selection the full amount of de benture power. It was well known that private bill legislation was very different from legislation on public bills. In the latter case they had three estates of the realm —the Queen, the Lords, and the Commons—to deal with, whereas in private bill legislation they had the Queen, L_ rd:, Com mons, and Lord Redesdale—(hear, hear) -and they could not feel sure that Lord Redesdale would not prevent them in some way from getting their full debenture power. They all knew that objections had been raised which were only got over with great difficUlty. If the debenture power, in stead of being £590,000, were only for £300,000, there would have been a deficiency of more than £200,000 on that head, it being necessary to make provision for the outside possible liability in respect of the Surrey and Sussex and Chichester and Mid burst lines. But arrangements had been made by which those inestions had been referred to the ar bitration of the Duke of Richmond, and the result of that reference had .been to enable them to make a settlement of the remaining claims, which so far reduced the outdle possible liabilities by more than £lOO,OOO. The outside liabilities, therefore, instead of being £275,000, would not be more than £175,000, even if the award of the Duke of Richmond were to be entirely against them, which he certainly did not anticipate ; so that, between the debenture power and the saving under the Surrey and Sussex and other arrangements, it made a difference of about £300,000; bat of course they were obliged to make provision to meet all possible contingencies. As the matter now stood they believed allliabilities would be covered by the company's debenture powers, so that they might dismiss from their minds any apprehen sion as to the issue of £1,03J,09) ordinary stock at a discount. In addition to the provision made for capital, there still remained consi lerable surplus lands ,to dispOse of, aud out of those therhad suc ceeded in making an important purchase for the company of the International hotel, close to the station, for 30,000 guineas, the property having cost alma. £147,000, and from the position of the hotel it might be essential to the railway company at any time ; and he believed it could not have been purchased compulsorily for less than £lOO,OOO. The revenue account showed that the gross receipts for the past year had been £1,295,000, and the expen diture for the past half-year, was now reduced to £311,000, and of course for the current half year the expenses would be more—say about £70e,000 for the year, which, deducted from the £1,295,000, would leave about £600,000 of net re venue. The total preference and debenture charges amounted to £560,000, leaving a small balance of about £20,00J towards or linary dividend. The er finery dividend of the company must entirely de petid upon thr:e sources— the opening of the new lines, the increase of fares, and the redaction of ex pendi:ure. '1 South London and Sutton line would be ooened in September, and might be con sidered similar for traffic to the Croydon line, and therefore ought after a short time to become pro. &active. The scull iuereese iu the fares would come into operation on the Ist of August, the effect of which would be to give the compel) , an iucrea:e of 12 per cent. on first and second class fares. Ile thought it, would give them sonic aldition to the receipts, and as the normal increase of traffic on all the, lines was about £60,000 or £70,009 per annum they would have sonie , thing to look forward to for ordinary dividend ; but they must not be too sanguine on this account during the present year, as the very great heat of the weather and the depression of trade would still affect their pleasure traffic to some extent, and tend to check the return of that buoyancy which existed in their traffic previous to the panic of 1866. What ever the result of the present half-year's working might be, the increase, he thought, would be shown in the net profits. As the gross traffic on the line increased they would be able to keep down the percentage of expenses, and he trusted the result would be to augment the amount available for the ordinary dividend. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the Working Union Bill, it had been withdrawn. (A voice—" Glad to hear it.") The Bill was with drawn in consequence of the Committee of the House of Lords insisting upon the condition of limit ing the tolls over the whole of the lines to the maxi mum of the tariff sanctioned for the Brighton Company. The South-Eastern Company did not see their way clear under such conditions, and therefore, with the concurrence of the other com pany, the Working Union Bill was withdrawn. Ile wished to correct 4n error in the report which stated that the principles of, a working union had been unanimously sanctioned by committees of both houses ; it should have been " unanimously by the Committee of the House of Commons, and by the majority of the Committee of the House of Lords." The bill having been thus disposed of, it would be useless to revive a discussion upon it. The board held the same opinion as before of the advantages of a working union. The agreement had now fallen to the ground ; but it might be revived if they saw a fair chance of obtaining acceptable conditions in Parliament. Oa the other hand, he did not think they should keep things in suspense as to their own internal arrangements; should the negotiations be resumed the shareholders would have a fair oppor tunity of considering any arrangement that might be come to, and of expressing their opinions, as they had done in the past. (Hear.) Mr. J. LEVY, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. SAMIUDA moved, as an amendment, 11 That the £5,500 creditei to the solicitors of the company, and included iu the Parliamentary expenses, and the expense (£120) of the proxies sent out on the occasion of the meeting held in February last be expunged from the accounts." He did not raise the slightest objection to the legal proceedings against the old directors in respect of the Surrey and Sussex line. No one felt more than he that blame was attachable to the former Board for the insane pro ceedings which had brought the company to the brink of ruin. (Hear, hear.) He thought it would have been better in the first instance to have offered to submit the matter to arbitration, and, if refused, then to have filed their Bill. He had told the pro prietors on a former occasion that they woull find their working expenses nearer 50 per cent. than 60 par cent , and that they would not require to raise any portion of Vile £1,000,000 of additional ordi nary stock now sanctioned in the Act, 1868. Mr. FJLDER seconded the amendment. He was glad that Parliament had not sanctioned what he considered a most unfair agreement for the Brighton Company. lie alleged that the directors had acted more in the interests of the South-Eastern than in those of the Brighton Company with reference to the Working Union Bill. (Cries of " Time, time!") The working expenses were now brought down to 53 per cent., and he had no doubt they would be lower. Mr. C. LEGG said he had expressed an opinion at a former meeting that the proposed agreement was against the interests 94 tharightim company. The Thames Embankment between Westminster bridge and the Temple is now complete, and was yesterday formally thrown open to the public. About 350 ladies and gentlemen assembled at half past eleven o'clock at the north pier of Westmin ster-bridge for the purpose of witnessing the opening of the footway. Amongst those present were Sir John Thwaites, Lord .f. Manners, M.P., Lord Ebury, Right lion. F. W. Cowper, M.P., Mr. Tite, M.P., Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Ayr ton, M.P., Colonel. Hogg, M.P., Alder man Salomons, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Lowman Taylor, Mr. Collison and Mr. De Brun (members of the board), Mr. Fur ness and Mr. 11. Harrison (contractors), Mr. Bazalgette (engineer of the works), Mr. Humber, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, &c. This party proceeded along the footway, which was railed off from where the workmen are still employed, to the Temple, where Sir John Thwaites was met by Mr. Anderson, Q.C., who, on behalf of the benchers. of the Middle l'euaple, congratulated Sir John on the success of the embankment. At a given signal, several shots were fired, and Sir John Thwaites declared the footway open. The visitors, as they proceeded dOwn the footway, stayed to admire the gangways and piers, and expressed themselves highly pleased with the prospect of in future being able to alight on a spacious " dummy" without the horror in prospe.ct of having to climb those wooden bridges that might try the sureness of a foot of a mule after all the practice of the Abys sinian campaign. It is easy to realise what a beautiful walk this footway will be, with a purified river on one side, and on the other well laid-out gardens, with their breadths of turf, and vases and beds of flowers, and long-winding walks ; and, as we would fain suggest, successive fountains. The con tract from IVestininster to Waterloo Bridge was un dertaken in the first instance by Mr. G. Furness, and completed by Messrs. Brassey, Ogilvie, and Harri son ; that east of Waterloo to the Temple by Mr. Webster, to whom that from the Temple to Black friars has recently been let by contract, and which will be completed simultaneously with the new street between Blackfri irs and the Mauston House. Mr. Webster is also c nupleting the continuation of the southern embin'ament from Latubeth Palace to 'Vauxhall. The length of the embankrnetit from Westminster-bridge to Blickfriars-bridge is 6,610 fect, and the cost as tendered for £875,000. The cost of the contract fron. "Westminster-bridge on the southern side, up as far as 'Vauxhall, is £309,000, the length of the new roadway being 5,000 ft., and its width 60ft. The com pany having embarked on board a =pie of steamers, proceeded to the North Wool wic*, pier, near to which a train was in waiting, which coaveyed them to the Abbey Mills P.onping Station of the Main Drainage Works of Lon don. The building is shaped like a cross, in the middle there being a kind of dome or cupola. There are eight engines, eac'i of 142 horse power, two of which are ar ranged length-wise aril parallel in each arm of the building, which are protected by iron railings mounted with polished mahogany. The pumps at the Abbey Mills lift the sewage of Acton, Iltmmersmith, Fulham, Shepherd's Bush, Kensington, Brompton, Pimlico, Westminster, the City, Whitechapel, Stepney, Mile-end, Wapping, Limehouse, Bow, and Poplar, representing an area of 25 square miles, a height of 36ft. from the low level to the high level sewers, where it will flow on by the side of the high level gravitating sewers to the northern or Barking outfall, where it is carried off without the aid of pumps. The maximum quantity of sewage and rainfall which it is estimated the engines in Abbey Mills will have to lift is 15,090 cubic feet per minute. The sewage which is brought into the pump-well from the low level sewer is, before admission, strained of " any extraneous matter" which would either not pass through or be detri mental to the pump valves, by means of cages of wrought-iron bars. From the sewage well the water, having been lifted through rectangular cast-iron pipes, is forced through - cast-iron cylinders, six feet ' in diameter, into an air vessel in the centre of the building, where it is forced through a cylinder ten feet in diameter, and then having passed through another cylinder ten feet six inches in diameter, is carried into the outfall sewer and so discharged. Already the utilisation of the sewage his com menced, and a farm of 250 acres at Barking has been irrigated therewith, and grass and root crops and fruit raised in luxurious abundance. An elegant luncheon was served at three o'clock in a spacious marquee, Sir John Thwaites presiding. Luncheon being over the usual loyal beasts were drunk with enthusiasm. The chairman then pro posed " The health of the House of Lords," which was responded to by Lord Ebury, and was in its turn followed by that of the House of Com mons. Lord John Manners, in responding, said the House of Commons could, at any rate, boast of having had something to do with carrying out this great work, and he felt that in looking at so great an undertaking, brought to a successful issue, the lines of Pope naturally suggested them selves— " Such blessings peace to happy Britain brings, These are imperial works, and worthy kings." Lord John Manners then proposed , the health of the chairman; at the same time paying him a high compliment for engineering skill. Sir John Thwaites, in responding, reminded the visitors of the hot season, and yet how little of un pleasantness had been experienced from the Thames as compared with former years, and, amid loud cheers, pointed oat that in London the state of health was better by five per cent. than the average in the whole country. At this moment it might be contrasted with any city in the kingdom. The engineering difficulties had been very great, but they had all been overcome. The other t , )asts given were " The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Council," " The health of Mr. Bazalgette," proposed by Mr. Tite, and " The Contractors," proposed by Mr. Ayrton, and responded to by Mr. 'Webster ; the toast of " The Ladies" finishing this part of the proceedings. During luncheon an excellent band played at intervals, and after the toasts there was a concert, in which the Sisters Doria, Miss Helene D'Alton, Mr. Vernon Rigby, and Mr. Renwick sang several popular glees and selections. At six o'clock the train left for Woolwich, where the party found two ateamera ready to conyey theukto Liclucl9n. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Dq. GOOWOOD RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NASSAU STAKES. The Nassau Stakes of 50 sovs each subscription, for three yr old fillies, Bst 10lb ; the winner of a two yr old stake of the value of 590 sovs 31b, of one of 1,000 51b, or the Derby or Oaks 71b extra; weights not accumulative ; second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes ; one mile ; 23 subs. Leonia 1 A!hona Virtue . Four ran. Woiglas for the Da Warreon3 Handicap of 10 sovs elcb, with 100 added; wiuners aft3r the publication of the weight 3 71b extra. About fiva Ago st lb Age st lb King Victor . 4 9 4 Glairon ... 3 7 2 Lord Ronald ... 4 9 0 Warrior ... a 7 2 Pericles ... 4 8 10 Fieeinaso'i .. 4 7 0 Van Aauburgh 4 8 7 Reindeer ... a 7 0 Boni bastes 4 8 7 t:oetiou 3 6 12 Tibttorpo ... 4 8 5 Vatrician 3 6 12 Odua 3. 8 4 Laird of Scotland... 3 6 12 Indian Star ... 5 8 0 (ioodfellotv 4 6 12 Out and eater ... 6 8 0 Minnio Warren 3 6 12 Python 4 8 0 Foresight 4 6 12 Tanibler 4 7 12 lidton ... 3 6 12 Leone 7 12 Belphegor 3 6 12 Aneua......3 7 12 Musa ... 4 6 10 Wo!sey 5 7 10 Kettleholder ... 3 6 10 31,),atbea - u ... 4 7 10 it a.Lvives 3 6 10 .cis of the Walk... 3 7 9 B ikanio 6 Lily ". 3 7 7 3 6 It) Iron:luster ... 3 7 7 Lady Raglan ... 3 6 7 Vietress 4 7 5 ilerinitage ... 3 6 7 Problem 4• 7 5 Choral ... 3 6 7 C iivalry ... 3 7 5 Slander 3 6 7 Ue:or ... 3 7 4 Hilda ... 2 6 4 Lases 4 7 4 Vestniiustec ... 2 6 4 Mar+ of Worcester 4 7 4 Lionel 3 6 0 Harvester 3 7 2 Witless ... ... 2 6 0 Witchcraft 3 7 2 Soffinka ... 2 5 12 Amour Propre 4 7 2 Provider ... ... 2 5 10 Haymaker ... 3 7 2 La Rose, d. Elinor 2 5 7 RIPON ST. WILFRID MEETING. MONDAY, August 3. The Great St. Wilfrid Handicap. One mile and a half. Ago at lb Ago at lb Three per Cent. ... 5 810 Lady Sykes .. 6 7 5 King of the Fairies 4 7 12 Liberal King's Cross 4 7 12 Caprera 3 7 3 Auchinleck ..... 4 7 1U Pretty John Minster Bell 4 7 S Sis to LittleAugnes 3 6 3 Holstein The Great Northern Nursery. Five farlong4. st lb Waffles 8 10 Duchess of Athol 8 3 Hector ... 8 10 Hippona 11. Retort 8 8 Pomfret ... ... 7 10 Lady Audrey filly ... 8 8 Liglit Cloud 7 9 Lady Neville filly ... 8 6 Roving Joe ... 7 5 Prior ... 8 5 Woodbine 6 10 Rosa Pauline :.. 8 3 Sleeping Beauty 6 6 The Members' Plate. Oae mile. Age st lb Elvire Auchinleck Palisade I 8 3 Liberal Holstein 6 8 2 Lady Zetland Minster Bell The Studley Welter Cup. One mile. Ago st 1131 Age st lb Three per Cent 5 11 71Shadwell 4 9 4 Elvire King of the Fairies 4 10 8 Narrow Escape ... 3 8 12 Auckiuleck Caprera Lady Sykes Kingmaker ; 5 9 11 st lb RACING FIXT Age st lb ... 3 8 2 • 4 713 • 4 713 ... 3 7 4 ... 3 6 12 RES FOR 1868. lIST. 1 Bridgewater and West Somerset • . 2O Dor-Jr .. 2O 'Scarborough .. 24 1 Canterbury Great Yarmouth I Derby Suminor Weymouth Ipswich '26 Lichfield ITunbridge Margate 3l Hendon Monmouth . l7 Manchester Newmarket Ist October 22 Walsall Edinburgh. West Drayto Royal Caledonian Hunt :ilia Western Ai Sudbury aid Ealing l5 Newmarket liougutou 17 114rrow . "7 Worcester Autumn, 27 Lincoln Autumn 29 AUG Deauville Look Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egliam l7 Hastings York August Oxford SEPT Badon Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doucaster Septumbor 8 Brecun ltiohnioud Hampton Autu. , :n Kelso OUT( Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn 1 Nawrnarknt 2d October ö Lanark 8 Uheluisford Autumn Cheltenham IC °VI: Liverpool a Shrewsbury 9 rironiley . St. Albans Kingsbury sl4l IMPERIAL PAR LI A MEN 11 HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The Loan CitA.NcELLoit took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NATIONAL SCHOOLS. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved fur a copy of the returns submitted to the Committee of Council by the National Society, showing by counties the number of ecclesiastical parishes in England and Wales, the number of schools connected with the Church of England, and the number of scholars on the books and in daily at tendance at these schools during the year 1856. TIIE COURTS OF JUSTICE. Lord DENMAN inquired of her Majesty's Go vernment if the Commissioner under the Courts of Justice Building Act had recommended any definite plan, and if the Lords of the Treasury had adopted and approved of any contrast as to the Palaeo of Justice? He trussed that the matter would be postponed till next ses sion for further consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he could tell their lordships that no different course had as yet been recommended tope Government bythe commissioners, but that draught designs had been submitted, one of wnich should be selected. The house then adjourned. Bank of England Returns, An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DEP he Act ith and Bth Victorir, Wednesday, July 29, 1868. P A.RTMENT. Notes issued ....05,718,110 Govermut. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 8,9d4,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X 35,748,110 i BANKING 1). .£35,748,110 Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 3,439,374 Other Deposits 21,454,051 Seven Days and other 8i115...,. 501,468 3PARTMENT. Goveramt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £14,614,391 Other Securities 16,070,394 Notes 4422,30 Gold and Silver I Coin "" 1,216,541 £43,323,544 1 £43,323,544 CO. FORBES, Chief Cashier. Yesterday the port division of the Channel Squadron left the Sound for Spithead—the Pene lope, 10, Capt. Marten, flag of Rear-Admiral Ryder, and the Defence, 18, Capt. May, departed in the morning ; the Achilles, 26, Capt. Vansittart, C. 8., and the Bellerophon, 14, Capt. Macdonald, followed in the afternoon. The armour-plated screw steamship Lord Clyde, Capt. R. Dew, has been ordered from Portsmouth to Plymouth to be dismantled and paid out of com mission. She was to leave Spithead last night. The Clyde, hired transport, disembarked her troops yesterday. They comprised—Major Dixon, Bengal Artillery (in command) ; Capt. Duncan, 19th Hussars; Capt. Lorne, 2d battalion 25th R , 2giment ; Lieut. Deake, sth Bengal Cavalry; Staff Assist.-Surg. hare, in medical charge ; 177 military invalids and time•expired men, nine Sol diers' wives, and . 20 children. Three deaths oc curred on the voyage . . The Clyde proceeded to London with private passengers and to discharge her cargo. THE %VAR IN PARAGUAY.--A telegram received yesterday iu the City, by way of Lisbon, from Buenos Ayres, states that the Brazilian forces, 6,000 strong, sent to make a reconnaisance of the Tehicuari, had been sur prised by the Paraguayans near the River Tabare and tearfully beaten. A great many prisoners horses, and arms fell into the hands of Paraguayans. General Caceres, of Co: rientes, has prohibited the sale of horses and cattle to the Brazilians. liumaita is as strong as ever. Tehicuari la well fortided.. The riser i§ clotcl with chains. BER. Leamington STEEPLECHASES. 0!.:TOBER. 1 Ealing DECEMBER. Y 30.