The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-28 00:00:00

XONEY -11ARIKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. An increase of strength is shown by the return of the Bank of England in respect both to the Bullion and the Reserve, while the Circulation has fallen off. These chano ,es indicate a tendency of money to return to the Bank, notwithstanding that the ingathering of the crops, the a b sence of tourists, and the preparations for the elections, are each holding the process in check. The main cause, however, is the falling off in business Shown by the diminution of nearly £600,000 in the private securities. On the other hand, mercantile re quirements apparently have caused a large withdrawal of private deposits, thus affording some explanation of the steadiness of the rates in the open markets for discount and advances. The bullion is expected in the present state of the foreign exchanges to further increase is the ensuing week. Meanwhile, the fol lowing are the principal changes in the position of the bank compared with last week : D ease in Circulation lnerease in Public, Deposits D crease in other Deposits No change in amount of Government Securities. Decrease In other Securities Increase in Bullion Decrease in Rest Increase irr Reserve I Bullion in both Departments ...... Reserve of Notes and Coin C irculation, inoiuding Bank Post Bills 24,458,588 The return of paid clearing for the week ending ro Zednesday, A ugust 26, as cert i f i ed b y Mr. J. C. cock, deputy-inspector, is as follows : Aug. 20, Thursday ••• .e 7,994,000 Aug. 21, Friday ... ••• A . ... ug. 22, Saturday 9,812,000 Aug. 24, Monday .. 10,802,000 •• ••• 8,279,000 Aug. 25, Tuesday 9,920,000 Aug. 26, Wednesday ... ... 8,562,000 Total X 55,369,000 T hiB iS a considerable falling off from the aggregate of Mit week, b ut the clearings have been exclusively cenmercial, there having been no Stock Exchange set tlement s in the week. In this respect the total is satisfactory, considering the dulness of the season. 1 The Stock M ar k ets are i nact i ve, and Ra i lways have ( 1 1 ! ° me cases lo s t an i m p rovemen t th at t oo k pl ace attrin,c, the l a t er h ours o f yester d ay. A mong t h ese fire Great Northe rn s t oc k s . M e t ro p o lit an are ver y it' Several s t oc k s are now quote d w i t h th e divi rd deducted. The Funds are unaltered but dull. sp ° change of importance has taken place in Foreign t ,?, c4 s) some of whi c h are steady, but the tend e n c y i s "„,",verY satisfactory. ,„„_, 4 e demand for money has increased, and it is now T,' but rates are still quoted for the best bills at I t t per cent. The inquiry is chiefly in relation . 1 : the closing engagements of the week. The demand a l T s o good f rom t h e S toc k E xchange. he Wh eat Market this morning is quiet at Mon day's rates. Consols are steady, at 94 to 94k for money, ann nt. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 941 t i; ' 4 g Rank Stock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer Bills, us to 20s prem.; India Five per Cents., 114 k to 115, tb la Foreign Stocks the only feature in addition to s t .„ at ,ef general steadiness is a relapse of Egyptian pi e 'r of 1864 to 85 to 86. Turkish are firm, the e l se per Cents. at 381 to 39k ; and the Six per ets. of 1865 at 62 to 62i ; Mexican, 14i to 151 • ee k) 121 to 134 ; Spanish, 34i to 34g ; Italian, : Brazilian, 7611 to 77 ; Peruvian, 79 to to 7 Portuguese, 37/ to 381- ; Viceroy, 74 4i. is P4n glisli Railway Shares are rather flat, and business 10 1-" Y quiet. Great Northern (A) is 1 lower, at ati. ,n to 1041 ; t h e or di nary stock at 106 to 107 ; ‘• .1 L OndOn a n d S ou th W estern also at 88 to 90. ri r n eashire and Yorkshire steady, at 126 i to 127 ex •; Midland, 105 to 1051 2 ex div. ; South Eastern, re 74i ex div.; Great Western 481 to 491 ; Great 1 1 . ,l e rn, 361 to 361 ; London and North Western, 0 1ia1 1 i . , 131 ex div.; Manchester, Sheffield, and n' t ' e einshire, 43,1 to 43a; Metropolitan, 1081 to 1091 ; 1-41"::;• dott 751 - to 751 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 8t to 181. are I n American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds unaltered, at 714 to 71k. Erie Shares show an Prev ement of 1, at 32 to 33 ; while Illinois are I r , 911.2.t0 911. wreifr? a t se tic and Great Western Railway Debentures to 39 to 39i, and the Consolidated ct gage Bo n d s t 0 13 91 t0„39 1 . Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per ; t r l i t• Deb en t ure Stock is 95k to 96k. bt ln o b w e e r, a Honduras t Loan is steady at 821 to 84. Lank Sh ares there is little doing. Imperial is e l6i to 17i ; while A ng l o -A us t r i an i s t tt er, at 6i t o 7 ; A gra , ll i t to 12 ; 114 o 101 di, ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29. T he traffi c rece i p t s o f t h e V arna R a il way f or t h e th e n el t ending August 4, amounted to £B2l, and for ' e k r u'respondine• week of 1867, to £836. C Tue sum of 2145,000 in bar gold was sent into en,R.ink yesterday r,:lkle directors of the United Kingdom Electric Tele lowl?u Company have resolved to recommend the fol eenting dividends for the past half-year :-10 per ,en,' Per annum on th e 10 per cent . pre f erence ; 6 per th e r ann 2 ual on the 6 per cent. preference ; and a t shares rat e Pe of per cent. per annum on the ordinary leavin g £137 to be carried forward. e lk° e half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the te b ill au Railway has been called for the 30th Sen n) et a A meeting of the bondholders of the West Wis t~sln Company was held yesterday, ' Victoria Chambers,_ Westminster, for the With of electing an English trustee to act essrs. W m . H. L eonar d (Chi e f J us ti ce o f t h e (iau 14e of Court o f N ew Y or k ) , an d J . D utton S tee l e gait iee-President of the Philadelphia and Reading l Et t o r ° P d), in acc or d ance w i t h th e t erms o f th e prospectus eon/ 'iled. After the secretary had read the notice to t lning the meeting,Josiah Atwood, Es q. , was elected J an "," the chair. The chairman then called on Mr. c, ) , l ;°n (Janson, C o bb, an d P earson , so li c i tors o f t h e Th e L' a nY) to read the t r u s t de e d, w hi c h was approve d. anal Meeting was then called on to elect a trustee, Q re the foll ow i ng reso l ut i on was propose d b y Mr. pjen° and seconded by Mr. Horwood :—` That illes Goodson, Esq., M.P., be, and hereby is, ap sectillt„ed, subject to his consent being obtained to hold a ppointment, the English trustee for the bond ers of the West Wisconsin Railway Company." ri m ' resolution was then put from the chair and car ttr, „unanimously. Mr. Henry Smith, solicitor to 1,, a3 voodson, who was present, intimated that he of t r e ,, in Po we re d by Mr. Goodson to accept the duties theC s tee. A vote of thanks to the chairman was Lehi ,p r oposed by Mr. John Collinson, C.E., and, ko ili g i seconded by a bondholder, was carried unani 'l% The proceedings then terminated. a t, lIRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~,. ,OVERNNIENT FUNDS. 934 44 3} l ijr (lent. Consols 94 R itto-for Account, Sept. 8 Ist,tr,Cent. Reduced 944 i I 944 Very "„, Per Cent 6 4,4- per Cont. Jan. 1894 A °.° per Cont. d an. 1873 Doloiiities SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — E . fo r '3- • sth April 1885 — _ D o 4,, yrs, expire x,, T . (Bed Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 16 — pm ' "'quer Bills, £1 000 2 per Ct b o. , / D o £5OO - 11 _ 11 t ot : £lOO & £2OO 11 Li' of En g l and Stock, 4 per Cent e a 0. Account 1 _ il itcla 4 per Cent Bonds 1i .14151,..N GOVERNMENT SECT-MIMS. 'La Sit°, 1)ot . , k, 104 per Gent., ...... 21 upoiainn., for Account 114.4 4 L,• 5 per eent. July 1880 105 C. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1838 ..... 0. ,Certificates _ 1:1„, „'4linced Pape. 4 per Cent 1034 if o • 4 per Cent, Jan. 1872 0„ i per Cent., May 1879 _ - 'Per e t R Deb. 1872 Cent., ~ up. _ Do. 1877 — do. 1) 1882 — D,„ n % do. 13 WM. ; 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 21 25 26 pm 1) 0. - "cis, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO D 0• der £l,000 4 r ..e rI tEIGN FUNDS—CLOSING _PRICES. Aletr4.tille Republic, 6 per Cent _ j i ' l a o 5 per ' Cent 41 ..... Lo. i Per Cent., 1852 —• lio. do. 1858.... Do 40 4 1800 '' do 1863 8 u ' 5 Per ' bent., 1865 — _ k eeot 771 D,, :AyUrens 6 per Cent. 1311'). fiber Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) () .10 Per Cent. 1340 6 per (Dent 744 10],°.: liPPeerrOCortt., B — 1).01 1867 b•l 7 per Cent., 1866 D .an 6 P, Lu sh , per Gent. I) .. Itit y " Nl' Cent., 1825 — 1 - ,) iao Brinci alities er Cent "PerP` ' 1 BO k l :tt to ent., 1867 ti v „'„'pr Naew Uou3olidated, 1 per Oen% o, - 11" V ), 7 Per Cent _ 1, ,-3,'(2oud Issue .... .. +.-:.). t5OO Ronde *********** _ U ° • 410 G on Do. Do, _ 1864 D o 854 A' . Account to. Bonds — Ea i.icti O s i e l rein:, s iii *** ******* dig *********** • • ••• 4...... . 15 pd Ore-,,°,j?.rurnent Rail way Debentures 1) 0. ;Per Cent., 182 4 5, ex Coups. — .1)• A euo war D,, us,. ..• ....................... .. ..• o 4'4'001 .......................... , i — e cOnnt --. ................... i . Issitsuagis f th© 1, will ►pta.in 1 pro k the The and at the 'ndsor High- awful have )3T the xactly 3e are le loss on" is ch the in the 3ighly 3s was me in But ..ad of Limed, ?.d to carded from MS to escape vested 3 con- :ously pies of at the either [ohs it of the )3 , the t self tt, the ng up pas- There •a tion • rtions, ;e who refore, araffin OTTOTS been brown Jf the En oil , Ea plex iydro- Aably tuentS hetieF. e mber if pot then, s ; but icult a proba :areful us to mab:e on the e crea- (flame ;n pro ; mere •ent of .t with npera ,hich it a still .ely to ,11r3 O f larger ,pid in a fine, ngs o f 6use ° f illness ct Car' _ nk, 13 expo vitably ce ntre% .apidif ng view• r)uarlt ppear - I bee n W hich ,found )t on e, bodi es ru3 ° II 0 . 0 of h '7 wit re, an d :gle for ) f COO' ICCU' t is jai' but ° ll , iddeo , u c k ob' e %tio'" ~ B ina': extr act poll'''. pro aclaced r 3 ,0 a he " r roe ,rsi• %. it au " f3ir ledg lij° s`7 'g ag b b° 3,°'r y isogcr per or mpnh 9, : in; Of Ye 'erg, er r wo G tatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p It-t Hui 5 per Cert., 1865 — .10. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway — Mexicat 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — Do c per Cont. Anglo-French — gontevideau C per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent — New Granada — Do 3 per Cen -- Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 701, Do 4} per Cent. (Uri barren) •.. Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 • -- Do Account Po-taguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,''2.': 381 71 Do. do. 1'67 Do. do. Sc , ip, £2O pail — It issian 5 per Cent., 182 z, £ Si. ...... Do 4} per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do.Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds. Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l 31 Do. do .£Bl 15s. do — t o Nicolas Railway 67 Sal. tiniuu 0 pear Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. A eri,unt .. , — D,. 1867 Do. Account lll 1 Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup, not funded Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip _ Turkish 6 per Cent. ,...... . — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Roads — II Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. — Do Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. zsf. — Do. Account 5ll CLOSING PRICES. Commis, Money 931 4 Do. Account, Sept. 8 931 4 THE CASE OP MADAME RACHEL. It was expected that an application would be made to Mr. Justice Willes this morning on the part of Madameßachel to accept bailfor her appear ance at the nextsession of the Central Criminal Court, but nothing of the kind took place. We believe we may state that the notice to that effect given to the Messrs. Lewis, solicitors for the prosecution, has been withdrawn, and that the case remains in precisely the same position it occupied when the jury was discharged last Friday night. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. GUILD HALL. STEALING NEWSPAPERS.—Brown, a driver, in the employ of Messrs. Smith and Son, and a man named Donovan, were charged before Alderman Gabriel with stealing three quire of newspapers, and la newsvendor [named Atkinson, was charged with receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. From the evidence it appeared that Brown was a driver of one of the carts of Messrs Smith, and having received a large quantity of the Daily News newspapers from the office, which, having been placed in the cart, he was seen to open the parcel and give Donovan the three quire which he was seen to take to the shop of Mr. Atkinson. On the police officer who was watching the proceedings going to Atkinson's, he found the papers, and when asked to account for their possession Atkinson said he knew nothing about them. The man Brown had no right to deal in the way he had with the property in question. Mr. Lewis, who appeared for Atkinson, said the newspapers had only been left at his shop whilst Donovan fetched some others which he had pur chased. Alderman Gabriel thought there was sufficient evidence to justify him in remanding the whole of the prisoners. lie refused to accept bail for Atkin son. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A COFFEE- HOTjS K.—Alexander Wilson, a young man, who described himself as a turf reporter, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing 19s, the money of a young man named Charles Ives. From the evidence of the prosecutor it ap peared that he was a fellow-lodger with the prisoner at the coffee-shop of Mr. James Hall, No. 10A, Tottenham Court-road s and the prosecutor missing 19s. from his trousers pocket, and suspecting that the prisoner had robbed him, asked him to accompany him to the police-station in Charles-buildings, which the prisoner did, and on Sergeant Burrough, who had previously heard that amongst the money missed there was half a sovereign, asking the prisoner to show his purse, a half-sovereign was found. Sergeant Burrough then asked the prisoner to account for his possession of the half sovereign, which he did by /stat ing that he had borrowed it of his landlord. Mr. Ball, however, proved that he never lent the pri soner a half sovereign, and that he was not in the habit of lending his lodgers money. In answer to Mr. Knox, :Sergeant Burrough sail that the prisoner had been convicted pre viously, and suffered three months' imprisonment at Wandsworth. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, that the pre vious conviction might be proved. THAMES. STORMING A PENNY GAFF.--William Collins, aged 63 years, musician ; William Tuomas Collins, 25, his son, musician ; Louisa Collins, married to William Thomas, 30, professional vocalist, 30 ; George Dennis, 28, house-painter ; Mary Watson, 46, no occupation ; Ann Watson, 25, singer and dancer ; Robert King, 38, comic vocalist ; and Isaac Abrahams, 36, " photographic artist," were charged with being inside a house or room, called the Eastern Alhambra, in St. Ann's-place, Limehouse, opposite the parish church, without lawful excuse; the said house or room being used for stage plays, or theatrical entertainments, not being a licensed theatre, and to which admission was obtained by payment, contrary to the 2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 47, sec. 46. Last night Mr. \Yore's, superintendent of the K Division, made a raid on the noto rious penny gaff and captured the proprietor, Collins the younger, and the whole corps drama ague. The admission was by payment of Id. each, and 2d. was paid by a police-constable in plain clothes for himself and his son. The audience, about 100 in number, were principally boys. The pieces advertised for performance were the grand romantic drama of "Herne the Hunter," and the amusing and &Teaming farce of " The Policeman in Diffi culties." Complaints had been made against the place by the parochial authorities and many inha bitants. Abrahams was selling refreshments in the place. Louisa Collins was in a box taking money. The elder Collins said be had been 20 years per forming in Limehouse, and was not aware he was doing anything wrong. He only played on the harp last night. The younger Collins said he bad been stage manager for three months. He held the place as a weekly tenant, and paid rent to a Mr. Flight. He pleaded ignorance of the law. Mr. Paget read the Act of Parliament prohibiting dramatic performances in an unlicensed place. The " Eastern Alhambra," as it was termed, was a nuisance, and frequent complaints had been made. It contaminated the young and led them on to crime. lie called upon all the prisoners, except Collins the younger, to enter into their own recognisances in the sum of £2O, to appear and re ceive judgment when called upon. The younger Collins must find bail, himself in £lOO and two sureties of £5O each, to keep the peace ;_and if he was found breaking the law again and maintaining dramatic performances, his recognisances would be entreated, and if the money was not paid he would have to remain in prison. TUE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1868. Issx 100 100 all 100 12 all all all all all 100 100 100 1 . 100 2 100 too 100 100 ioo i 100 o 41 105 7, 7 41 S 5 100 I$Z 56 65 110 12 133 IZ6 130 132 19 21 11 12 57 18 57i ISt SS 47 74 74, 11 12 115 15e ,SIGNS. 17 60 1031 Io4t I 1r 3 4 14 Oi 611 70: 101 103 IC7 117 1 6 161 Ili 86 *3 43 43 S 6 3$ 26 2h 19 20 107 f 108 If 2,• 14 2 105 107 19 101 Hi 13 99 101 91 73 1054 1081 100 103 95 97 8$ it 105 106 I i 102; IC3t C 2 1(3 if 104 102 i 01 k 741 3 103 105 102 203 101 106 91 93 83 91 102 101 Ili 113 107 109 108 110 I(7k 1 I Isi 115 j 131 I 10$ 4 ,1T 11C b. 104 k 100 102 108 110 103 107 104 106 106 18'3 106 108 106 198 001 100 106 106; £ 1141131 SOUTII-EAS7EItN RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting was held yes terday at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon street ; Mr. Watkin, M.P., in the chair. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said—l move that the report and accounts be received and ador ted ; and I shall submit a second and separate resolution to you after this first has been disposed of, in refer ence to paragraph 4 of the report. It will, there % fore, save you time if I postpone till then what I have to urge upon that subject. I trust that your retrospect will be as satisfactory to you as it is to us. I may briefly sum it up as follows :—A capi tal account practically closed. Every shilling of interest on capital charged against revenue. The Tunbridge line has been opened throughout. The terminable mortgage bJu 1 debt at last provided gail; st by a permanent debenture stock. Peace with a'.l your neighbours. An increase of gross revenue of £12,769, s:de by aid with a reduction of working expen liture of £8,793, thus giving you £21,561 more net profit than in the corresponding half of 1857; and a total increase of net profit on the year ending July 31, 1868, over 1867 of £109,432. Your a lvancel fares are lower than the fares you charged in 1862; and the limited advances you have made simply follow in the wake of your competitors. The advances made divide themselves into two classes —advances where our competitors have advanced the needlessly low rates of the past, and an advance in the scale for return tickets on portions of the system. As regards return tickets, we have simply done now what the northern companies did last year, and in both classes what the Great Eastern did some months ago. In doing this the company has during the recent hot weather been much reviled in a very high quar ter. The proposal in the Fusion Bill to reduce your maximum charges was pronounced " impu dent" by a noble lord whose property has been enhanced by your capital. Doctrines have been promulgated by the popular instructors which must be grateful to the disciples of the philan thropic Prudhon, and advice given which must tend to ease the conscience of that benefactor of man kind, Mr. Broadhead, of Sheffield. It is a matter of surprise, therefore, that the suffering sharehol ders, who have made everybody's fortune but their own, should at last have been aroused to ask us no . longer to postpone a dividend for the sake of giving, as we are doing, excessive and costly facilities, by which agricultural land may be sold at building prices for the profit of their calumniators? Yet we find men worth a million sterling actually abusing the accommodation provided for second-class people, to save 3d. a day between Cannon-street and Char ing-cross, and well-dressed people shouldering the working man out of his train. But we have had no complaint, I am proud to say, from the real working man. If the abuse of the poor man's accommodation by the rich should ever lead to a reduction of the working man's privileges of travel, he will know whose fault it is, depend upon it. You made your railways upon the faith of certain powers of charge. Now, we contend that so long as your rates are within your maximum no one has a right to complain. In f act gentlemen, you are fair game for everybody, for, unfortunately, you are a " company," and have little individuality to protect you. Then as to com pensation for accidents, you will remember the great fog of last autumn. Your Charing-cross line was kept open all day, while the river and the street traffic was entirely stopped. A collision of no very serious character occurred, caused by the fog. You received £BB that day for local fares on the Charing cross branch, and £3OO would cover the mileage of all that went over it that day. Yet you had claims sent in for £12,000, and have had to incur about £5OO in costs and medical fees in connection with them. The people who made claims had not col lectively paid you more than lOs for being carried on that day by the only means of conveyance kept open. But beyond business rules and political eco nomy, there is the higher obligation which all should follow, of assisting the less fortunate. And I say, you, the South-Eastern proprietors, have done so. I will only allude in passing to your special working-class train, put on on the Ist of August, by wLieh the struggling man or woman can go and come to Cannon-street to work for 4d. I will take the third-class accommodation you give generally. Take New-cross. We, in this case, issue third-class quarterly tickets, available at all our three costly metropolitan stations, for 30s. Thus, for 2s. 4d. a week any one can travel that distance of five miles into the country and back as many times a day as he likes. Then take the total number of third-class trains. 'We are legally bound to run one each way a day, which would give a total of 30 per day. We do run 521 out of a total of 622, and on the metropolitan district, while we are bound to run 12, we do run 356. But we are permission, to do more. Let us ready, with your find the wealth of London ready to grapple with this great evil of the crowding out of the working man. Let us see capital raised at 5 per cent. to build working men's houses for 100,000 in any healthy place down our line, and we shall be ready to recommend you to contract to carry the people at times to suit, and at prices not greater than the difference of rent and taxes bet ween unhealthy London and the healthy open fields beyond. In conclusion, let me congratulate you upon your safe passage through the perils of the past four years. Is has, indeed, been an anxious time. We have done our best, and have we hope satisfied you. In my own case I had, in the dark times of ten per cent., to find parties to lend you £BO,OOO at an hour's notice, when money was like drops of blood, or you might have stopped payment. Some of us provided a considerable sum, at a large sacrifice, by sale of securities, which was lent to you at 5 per cent. when almost any rate could have been obtained for money ; and others, including Mr. Byng, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Beattie, Mr. Norton, Mr. Eborall, and others, cheerfully became personally responsible for loans to take up debentures which no one would, at the moment, renew. I hope I may not be considered as going out of my way to speak of myself, but in these days, when every man who strictly does his duty in the administration of these noble national works is visited by personal attack, I thought it well to make this statement " to all whom it concerns." The lion. J. BTNG seconded the motion. A long discussion, raised by Mr. FILDES, M.P., then ensued with respect to how the cost of the new Waterloo Station was to be charged —whether to cipital cr to revenue; the result of which was that the outlay had been saddled upon revenue, and the report of the directors was adopted. The meeting having been made special, it was resolved, in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Regulations Act of last session, to divide the stock of the company into two classes, A and B—the A stock to bear a fixed dividend, while the B stock was to fluctuate with the prosperity of the company. It was also specially resolved to alter the line and levels of the approaches to Woodside bridge, and to establish provident institutions and savings banks for the benefit of the employes of the line. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Watkin, who, through an attack of illness, felt obliged to leave before the conclusion of the proceedings ; and also to the Hon. Mr. Byng, who took his place as president of the meeting. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF FARM PRODUCE.-011 Wednesday afternoon a serious fire was discovered on the property known as Church Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppy. A. few minutes after the labourers had gone to their dinner flames were seen issuing from a heap of straw that was lying in the yard. The wind being high, the flames were wafted to some large stacks close by, and in a very short time eight stacks of wheat, barley, and oats, and about twenty quarters of beans, besides several waggons, carts, and other farm implements, wore burned . ? SUICIDES IN SCOTLAND.—In the year 1865, for which the returns have recently boen issued, there were 133 suicides in Scotland—one in every 23,579 of the esti mated population. 58 of these deaths were by hanging, 40 by cut-throat, 17 by poison, 12 by drowning, two by gun shot, two by precipitation from a height, two in ways not stated. The number of suicides in England in the same gear was 1,390, - or one in every 15,080 of the estimated population; so that to two suicides in Scotland there were throe in England in a like number of population. SHARE LIST. OUDINARY SLLAKES AND STOCKS. 82 VI 75 78 28 110 31 4 75 77 70 72 94 96 S 6 36j 7 $ 15 :e 101 105 1u34 .V 43 100 WO 100 10C 100 41 49, Z 8 13 '-'23 is 24i 29 5,1 /1 8 19 Ili 113 87 S. i 3; 108 02 10 107 76 5j 161 } It IC4i j 4 4, i 3 'l 1 1 :8, 1 1:31 I itti 8; I 07 6; p aid i Closing I Ansineos rrloe. dene. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders and bondholders of this company was hell yesterday at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street. In con sequence of the illness of Mr. Edward IVatkin, the president of the company, the chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P. The CIIAIRNIAN, in opening the proceedings, ex pl • ained that a committee of proprietors had asked for a copy of the list of bondholders and share holders, and that the board on that requisition had by a circular letter consulted all those whose names appeared on the register of the company upon the policy of the request. In that circular they put to the proprietors three questions. The first que,tion wos, whether they wished to have the list i)rinted every year ? In reply to that question, 406 pro prietors, representing £018,0:O, replied in the negative ; and 235 proprietors, representing ,00,000, replied in the affirmative, so that nron the poll thus condicted that arrang , ,nnent was condemned. The next question was, whether the li t should be supplied on application at the office, upon the payment of a fee sufficient to defray the cost of making out the copy ? On that question the poll was as follows :—" Yes," 423 proprietors, representing £1,228,738 ; " No," 191 proprietors, representing £423,916. The third question was, whether the proprietary would abide by the offer of the board to afford every facility to those who wished to .communicate with their co partners ? Upon that question 219 proprietors, re presenting £643,000, voted one way, and 241 pro prietors, representing £476,655, voted the other. It was thus evident, he said, that the wish of the proprietors was that those who wished to obtain the information referred to should pay for it; and there fore he had, in deference to their views, to move that a copy of the list of shareholders and bond holders be furnished to any proprietor who may be willing to pay the expense of making out the copy. Mr. SWIFT seconded the motion. Sir H. JERVIS preferred a long bill of indict ment against the management of the company. He could not, he said, see any possible objection the directors could have to the publication of the list of their copartners in the concern. He wished to know if Mr. Watkin, as president of the company, bad any powers ultra of those possessed by the chair man of an English line of railway. He found on inquiry that that gentleman was connected altogether with five great companies, and if they divided the full working time—ten hours each day—by five, they would find that he cuuld only devote two hours of his time to their business, which was of sufficient importance to require the whole of it. Nothing but a strict and rigorous control of the officials in Canada could be of any avail. To them the rail way which returned nothing to the shareholders had proved a regular mine of wealth. He would there fore move as an amendment, that a printed list of the shareholders and bondholders be supplied to any shareholder who may require it on the payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Mr. BECKER seconded the amendment. Mr. K. HODGSON, M.P., considered it would be useless for the company to go to any such expense. The register was constantly undergoing changes, and therefore, if the list was to serve any purpose, it would have to be furnished weekly. Mr. C TRUS LEGGE thought the list of the share holders and bondholders should be sent out with each report. Mr. CRAIK considered that would defeat the ob ject of the committee, which was to consult with the proprietary previous to the next half-yearly meeting in October. That could not be done if the list were kept back until the time for the publica tion of the report. Mr. ADAMS insisted upon the necessity of having the list published at once. The CHAIRMAN explained that the directors had no object whatever in view. They wished to be guided by the views of their constituents, and it was with that motive they issued the circulars ; and it was in accordance with those views that he moved the resolution before the meeting. If, however, they wished to accept the amendment of Sir Ray mond Jervis, it was nothing whatever to him. Mr. WRIGHT said every statement that came from Canada was to the effect that the officials of the company were living in the style of princes, from which he gathered that they alone were benefited by the construction of the line. Mr. NEWMARCII considered that no reliance ought to be placed upon anonymous statements. He was confident that if a c3mmittee of investigation were appointed into the conduct of Mr. Brydges and the other officials of the company in Canada such an investigation would redound to their credit. Mr. MoxoN considered that the disinclination on the part of the directors to supply the proprietors with a list of their copartners, as was done in every joint-stock bank, was an indication of the decline of commercial morality, which he was disposed to treat as a criminal offence. lie would have the books of the company open to the inspection of the proprietors. After some further discussion the amendment was approved of by the meeting, and to it was at tached, on the motion of Mr. Cyrus Legge, a rider providing that each year, with the report of the directors, a list of his copartners should be furnished to each proprietor. The result will be that a EA will be at once printed and delivered to any proprietor who may be willing to pay half-a-crown for it, and that henceforth a copy free of any charge will be sent out yearly with the report of the directors. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. Ti:E NEW LIST OF VOTERS.—To-morrow, the 29th inst., is the last day for the overseers to deliver to the clerks of the peace the list of claimants to be registered at the next revision. In no county or horough, unless the "ladies" have claimed to appear on the register, can the question be raised before the barristers at the Registra tion Court. HORRIBLE DEATII.—A young lad named Thos. Mason, 12 years of ago, son of David Mason, seaman, re siding in Leggett-hill, South Shields, accidentally fell into a large tank containing boiling water, in the glassworks of Messrs. Moore, West Holborn, on Wednesday. Dr. Coward attended the lad, but medical assistance was of no avail, and the poor lad died in excruciating pain. THE ELLTCOTT CITY DISASTEII.--ThOSC who witnessed the fearful calamity at Ellicott city, Maryland, caused by the recent flood, resulting in the death of some 43 persons, represent the spectacle as agonizing in the ex treme. A lady of Baltimore, Miss H. C. Adams, who was on a visit to Ellicott city at the time, gives this int rest ing account of what c nue under her observation - " Dr. Owings, who had been sent for professionally, had left his house but a few minutes before the flood appeared, against the remonstranees of his wife, who was alarmed at the threatening aspect of the sky. It was only after receiving three messages that he was iuduced to leave her. Ho had barely reached the bridge, on his return, when ho saw the flood coming down, and he took refuge in the house of Mr. Gibbons, not a hundred feet from his own dwelling, and called to his wife, advising her how she should act for the safety of herself and the six children by her side. Speedily the water drove her and the children to the roof, where, clinging to the chimney, they seemed somewhat secure; but the rocking of the house—a throe story frame—soon caused the chimney to fall. Meanwhile, Mrs. Marschano, being in the house below, reached up to Mrs. Owings a baby but three weeks old, supposing it would be safer there than in her own maternal arms. Mrs. Owings was seen to hold it as long as she lived. Dr. 0 wings, calling across the race, as his house floated from its foundation and lodged against the next below, directed that the walls of the ad joining houses should be cut through. This was done by Mr. Fountain, and as one house after another fell, working most heroically, this noble man cut through the walls of seven houses, until they came to the last in the row. In this house all the occupants of the six houses above were assembled. Suddenly it was seen to waver, and in a moment more, with all its precious burden of children, women, and men, it fell with a terrific crash, and not one soul was saved. When Dr. Owings i;held this fearful scene his reason seemed to leave him, he endeavoured to tbrow himself into the fearful current, and it took a number of strong mon to prevent him from thus destroy ing himself. He was carried to a hotel by sympathising friends, in au ~Iniost insensible condition. Dr. 0 wings, it is learned, in his present distressed condition, is with friends at Ellicott city, and with their kindly aid and sympathy bears up under his extraordinary affliction with commendable fortitude." At a Bombay Native Debating Society recently, the chairman, Baboo K. U. Bose. observed that the greatest shortcoming—in fact, properly seen, it is a blunder—of the English rule in India is its failure to tall out and employ native talent in the administration of the cettntry. Railways. ;natal and Lieter Jaledonian :Ambnan !orn wall Jublin & Belfast Jam Dun„ Perth, di Ab.JunL. East 1. ndon 'urlasgotv t S. Western Great Eastern .. Do. E. Angl. 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Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. 0. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. 0. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. 0. Inaoribed ak Jape G.Hope. 6 p.a. 1873 Jo. Apl. & Oot 1890-1900 Jo. do 1880-9► Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oat., 1900 :vim], Nov. 1878,5 . p. t 150. 1871, vtaaritins, 6 R. 0, 1873, Jan. and Jtily . Do. 1878 W. 1882, May and NOT. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 51elbournq Carporatn., 1587-75, 6 per cent , 4.13.G0v.6p.0.Ja...tJu1y atal 6 p cr,Apht Oct. Do 6p o. .y dc Nor 4. S. W. 5 Ire., '7l to '74 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 Do. 5 p.o. rd. '67 to '7l N.Zealand, 6 p. et. 1891 Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, Ap 1, .1 u:y, 0 t. OJ 6p o. Mar ept '9l DoJu.s.ls Deo,' Do l'rov. ALC Id t rie •Ids 2, 1196 j lora Scotia 6 p. o. Jau an I Jnly, 1375 Do 14 6.. neensind. 6 p. c. '8.41 Do 1841 .. 1 i. Austral. 8 p 0.1869 77 Do 1878.11 Do 1693 19u3 Tasmanian 6 p e, Do rd. 1693 to 1,9/ Vlotoea 6p.0, Ja.&July Do. 1891 Do. do, April .t Oct tO3 105 103 VS 99 101 99 Ng 99 101 tai 98i 97 9Si 1.0 11t 10 101 103 101 1 3 105 108 105 103 108 110 111 113 vit 106 1041 104 114 1 5 U 4 114 BILITISEI Chivertan Clifford Amalg ama t e d I 33 4 I 2 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 420 430 urake walls 2l I --East Bassett (Illogan) 33 f 10 12 East Caradon 2.14.e 3 4 East earn Brea 3l 1 I East Grenville 3.12.6 14 2 East Lovell ... 3.2.0 8 1 E. Wil Russell (Tavistk 12 16. G 1 1 rm.& StAubyn(G wen. 72 2 4 treat Laxey, limited..' all 17 IS 4 ;rent South Tolgus.... 1.1.0 4. Wheal Vor 40 15 16 irenville 1 ,4 14 14 lerod's Foot 8.10.e 38 40 lingaton Downs 5.10.6 24 21 vlargaret (tiny Lelant 13.17.6 8 blarke Valley ..10.6 74 74 , Iwyndy Iron Ore, lit, 3.7.0 xi 4 ely :28 ton North It)skear . 54.17.0 5 7 V.Wh 13 assett(Illogan t.l.t• north Wheal Crotty .. 3.11 3 2 3 Prince of Wa'es 4 crosper United 8.11.0 2 24 l'rovislence Uny Lelan t I ).e.7 20 23 3. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 360 380 ..... South Condurrow B.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18. s 17f 19/ Stray Park . 41.0.8 4 8 Fin Croft 2 14 15 West liassett(lllogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 141 10 12 West Chi verton lO 61 62 West Wheal Basset& flllogan 54 82 67 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 22 ill 4 5 Wheal 3lary Ann (Men. 8 2 . ,.) 22 Wheal Seton , 584 .60 65 .-Wheal Trelawney (1.14 1 0.17.0 8 10 YUETHKENCEIIBAUXb AND STOCK S. London and North-Western, 5 per cent., 107 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Bahia and San Francisco, Ihn., gna..7 per cent., 15J ;mat Luxembourg, 12f Sottrh Austrian And Lombardo Venetian, PI rotticum MINIOB. Capula Silver, limited, 2 1-16 St. John del Jtey. Hut , 20 Vancouver Coal, 7 Yudanamutsna o. S. Aust albs, 11m., 4 9-18 BALI h Agra. Ditto, B, Alliance, lie,. 14 Anglo- ustrian. 14; Bank ot Soul h Australia, lira, 331 Imperial Bank, litn.. 17 Imperial Ottoman, 10; 1 London and County, 5 - 1 London and 11 estminster. 601 Ditto, Scrip, 534 Metropolitan Bank, lira., el National Provincial ot England, Ditto, , d and ad issue, 39; Union of Australia, 47 Union of London, 851 MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua., 92; Hudson's Bay, 15} international rinaucial Society.' I m., 31 1 Natal Land and Colonizttioa Co., Ilm., Eeuter's Telegram, 53 Telegraph Construct, and Maintenance, 16f 1 Viscroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 73} 41 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 27.—Derwentwator, from Madras ; The_ rose, from New York; Mayfly, from Alexandria; Eldorado, from Boston. Arrived, Aug. 23 —Florenco, steamer, from Rotterdam; China, from Archangel ; Durham Packet, from Guernsey; Helena, steamer, from Dieppe; Granton, steamer, from Hamburg; Nora, stamper, from Harlingen; Aurora (s), from Denia ; Ranger, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed—Floeha, steamer, for Ghent ; Blonde, steamer, for Dunkirk; North Star, steamer, for Christiania. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—American Union, ship (in tow), from St. John's ; Vere, from West India—both for London. Anchored—Richard and William, from London, for Sierra Leone; Woodville, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; J. Itusbridger, brig, from Ambh, for Boulogne. Why are books the best friends ? Because, when they bore you, you eau always shat them up without offence. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocE. NOTICE. The Third Elition of " The Sun" of last Evening, con taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Oxford, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. OXFORD RACES—Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MEMBERS' PLATE. Th 9 City 'Members' Plate of 50 sous, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to th, fu:1(1); winners after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) slb extra; ono mile and a quarter. llopvine 31u,_‘zzin - ...... 1 2 Five ran. N MISERY HANDICAP. The Stratton Andley N arsery Handicap of 10 S9V3 each 3 ft, with 101 added; winners of any race after Aug. 20 (at 10 a.m.) of the value of 101 sovs3lb, of tw,) status of 110 each, or ono of 200 51b, of 30) 71b extra (extreme penalty); sacoud to save his stake; three-quarters of a 10, straight ; 33 subs. Lord of the Valley King of the lovers Avoncourt Thirteen ran. SELLING PL ATE. The Selling Plate of 50 sovs ; two year olds 7st 31b, three 9st 11b, four 9st 121 b, fiva 10st, six and aged 10st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sows; if entered for 100 soya allowed 71b, 75 101 b, 50 141 b, 30 211 b. Half a mile straight. Macduff Brontia Paris Seven ran. PRINCESS OF WALES'S STAKES. The Princess of Wales's Plate (Handicap) of 200 says ; winners of any race after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; three-quarters of a mile, straight. Sister to Vedette Warrior Miss Hayes Sixteen ran. STAND PLATE. The Stand Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs ; winners of any handicap after Aug. 20 (at ten ;tau.) 71b extra ; three quarters of a mile, straight. The Squire 1 Marshal N. Ambition 3 Four ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. The Innkeepers' Plate of 40 soya, added to a handicap of 5 sows each, 1 ft (to the fund); winners of any handicap after Aug. 20 (at 10 a.m.) Mb ex. ; half a mile, straight. Fairfax Heather Bell Out and Outer Seven ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Dus DAT. ST LEGER. 70 to 40 agst The Earl (offered—after 300 to 200, 65 to 40, 70 to 40, end 50 to 25 had been taken) 4to 1 agst King Alfred (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst See Saw (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Typliceus (offered) 100 to 3 agst Mercury (offered) 40 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Birdseeker (offered) 600 to 406 the field beats any two (offered) CESAREW ITC H. 40 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Rescue (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Bandmaster (wanted) 500 to 5 agst Friponnier (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 500 to 5 agst Van Amburgh (taken) DERBY. 2500 to 100 agst Portsmouth (offered) :MBER MEETING. WARWICK SEPT The Shorts Handicap of 5 for all ages ; a winner of the publication of the we carry 71b extra; five furloi Age st lb Monarch of Glen... 5 8 10 Ulphns Amour Propre ... 4 8 7 Zisca Mistletoe ... 5 8 6 Pic-nic Naivete ... ... 3 8 4 Musa Indian Star ... 5 8 2 Bassoon Lily 3 8 0 Marshal Ney Pearlfeather ... 3 7 12 Weather Isle Goodfellow ... 4 7 10 Dulcet ... ;ovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added, any handicap subsequont to ights (Aug. 27, at 10 a.m.) to Igs (16 subs). Age st lb .. . .. . 5 7 5 • ... 6 7 3 • ... 3 7 3 •4 7 2 ... 3 7 0 ... 5 7 0 ... 3 6 9 ... 3 6 5 The Woodcote Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft to the fund, with 50 so vs added ; a winner after the weights are published (Aug. 27, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b extra ; the winner to be sold by anction after the race for 100 sovs, and any surplus over the s .11ing price to be di vided between the fund and the second horse ; five fur longs. 24 subs. st lb Light Mu I Ragula... Antias Becky Sharpe f. Hinton Sister to Veda Venetia (lib)... Esher ••• 8 10 .. 8 6 ..8 3 ~ 8 0 .. 7 7 .. 7 6 Monsieur Louis Yanina... Glen Stuart ... Adolphus ... Bird's Eye ... Hymen ~, Engraver ... Yellow Rosa ... st lb ... 6 10 ... 6 9 ... 6 9 ... 6 9 ... 6 7 ... 6 7 ... 6 7 ... 6 7 ... 7 5 ... 7 4 Charon... ... Blackbird c ... 7 4 ... 7 0 Baden .." ... Prevention f ... 6 5 ... 6 3 Mathildo 6 12 Una 6 0 Barcolo.m. 6 10 Slowma,n 6 0 The County Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft to the fund, with 100 sous added ; the winner of the Leamington Stakes to carry 101 b, and th 3 second in that race 31b extra ; the winner of any other handicap after the de claration of the weights (dug. 27, at 10 a.m.) to carry 51b extra; one mile ; 33 subs. Age st lb Vespasian ... 5 9 5 Silenus ... 4 8 7 Lord Rmald ... 6 8 5 Master Willie ... 4 7 12 Christmas Carol ... 6 7 11 Van Atuhurgh ... 4 7 11 Actor ti ... 5 7 10 Professor Anderson 5 7 9 Edinburgh... ... 6 7 5 Python ... ... 4 7 3 Seringapatain ... 4 7 0 Naivete .. ... 3 6 12 Amour Propre ... 4 6 12 Moonbeam ... 4 6 10 Victress ... 4 6 10 Clemenco ... 3 6 10 Bandmaster ... 4 6 9 Age st lb Warrior ... .. a 6 9 Vortigorn ... ... 3 6 8 Tremble ... ... 4 6 8 Chivalry ... ... 3 6 7 Milton .., ... 3 6 7 Mayflower... ... 4 6 6 Lily ... ... 3 6 6 Whalebone ... 5 6 3 Prince Regent ... 3 6 2 Citron ... ... 3 6 0 Ligurian ... ... 3 6 0 Tribuno ... ... 5 5 13 Kettleholder ... 3 5 12 Alicia ... ... 4 5 11 Hermitage... ~. 3 5 7 Papillon ... ... 3 5 7 The Numry Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft to the fund, with 80 added, for two years old; a winner subsequent to the publication of the weights (Aug. 27, at 10 a.m.) to carry Sib extra. Three quarters of a mile. 32 subs. Miss Nellie ... Light Cloud Crown Princess Ventnor ... Regula ... St lb ... 8 10 ... 8 4 ... 8 3 ... 8 0 Venetia (h b) Mathilde Ether Chaperon 001 t... St lb ... 6 12 ... 6 12 ... 6 11 ... 6 10 ~. 8 0 King of the Rovers ... 6 10 Antics ... 7 10 Monsieur Louis ... 6 10 Arlington ... Becky Sharp° f La Belle Helene ... 7 10 ... 7 7 ... 7 3 Dunbar ~. 7 3 April Morn ... Romus ... ... 7 2 ... 7 0 Islam ... ... 7 0 Pompeii Alias (late Arlington) 6 7 Bird's Eye ... ... 6 7 Gawnpoio ... 6 7 Ampleforth ... Engraver 6 4 ... 6 4 Jolly Tar ... 6 4 Threatener ... ... 7 0 Hos w ecleer ... 6 4 Christine ... 7 0 Prevention filly 6 3 Rattletrap ... 612 Hunter... ... 512 The Warwick Cup, value 20U sovs, by subscription of 10 sous each, 75 added by the Race Committee, and the surplus, if any, to be paid to the winner ; throe year olds 7st 41b, four Bst 71b, five B.t 131 b, six and aged 9st llb ; mares allowed 41b, and geldings 71b ; the winner of any Darby, Oaks, Doncaster St. Leper, Ascot, Good wood, or Doncaster Cups, in 1867-63, to carry 71b, or any two of the above-mentioned races, 101 b extra ; a winner of any woight for age race worth .£2OO for two miles, to carry 41b extra ; maiden three yr olds at the time of starting allowed 71b, four and upwards, 12Ib ; horses having started three times and not won in 1868, allowed 51b in addition to other allowances; the owner of the second horse to receive 25 sove out of the stakes ; if walked over for the committee will not give the 75 sous. Gentlemen taking a nomination in this stake, and not starting, to be subject to the payment of 3 s ,vs, which will be given to the third horse, if three horses start ; two miles and a half. 19 subs. The Spy, 3 yls, Success, 6 yrs (pays ft), Beeswing, 5 yrs, Paul Jones, 3 yrs (pays ft), Julius, 4 yrs, Tabouret, 3 yrs, William ' 3 yrs, Strathconan, 5 yrs, Loid Palmerston, 3 yrs, Speculum, 3 yrs, Vortigern, 3 yrs, Fortunio, 4 yrs, Ilium, 3 yrs, Tertullus, 4 yrs, Goodwood, 4 yrs (paytft.), Charnwood, 3 yrs, Achievement, 4 yrs, Irish Queen filly, 4 yrs, and Dalby, aged. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. SEPTEMBER. Baden Warwick September ... 1 Monmouth ..... l7 Abingdon 3 Manchester l3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 I Walsall 23 Brecon l4 Edinburgh Richmond klampton Autumn l5 Royal Caledonian Hunt Kelso 1.5 and Western M OOT IBEIL Bedford Bromley Autumn Nevrmarkat 2d October 5 I Lanark ~ 8 I Chelmsford Autumn Cheltenham l3 NOVE. --- Sudbury and Ealing ... 15 Newmarket Houghton 17 Harrow .. 27 Worcester Autumn 2/ Liuoolu Autumn 29 :31BER. , . Leamington l7 Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury 9 THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRADI3.) LISBON, August 28. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steam ship La Plata from the Brazils arrived here at 6 a.m., and will leave for Southampton at 3 p.m. this day with 93 passengers, £33,353 in specie, 1,343 bags of copper, 40 packages of ipecacuanha, and 146 packages of sundries. The Danube, with mails of the 10th inst., was at St. Vincent on the 21st inst. • L 'NOON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. INDIA. OFFICE, AT:G. 27. The Queen has I).!en graciously pleased to nominato and HIT , int, his llighue , s Is iiail l'acha, - Viceroy of L,rypt, '1.0.13, to he an llonorary Kuight G:and Uo:u inauder of the rljst Evaltod OriL,e of the Star of India. CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 24. The Queen has been pleased be a wr.t under the Great Seal of the Unite 1 Kinxilom to call Sir William B 'Hot Brett, lint., ltcr Majesty's Solicitor-General, to the stato an I degrae of ii Sergeant -at-Law. The ilittum has also been pb-tsei by letters patent uu 'sr the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute appoint Sir Baliol Brett, Serge int-at-Law, au a tilitional Justice of her Majesty's Court of Uonnnou Pleas. AUG. 25. Tho Queen has b?en p!essrd by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and, appoint George Hayes, Sergeant-at-Law, an ad litioual Justice assigned to hold pleas before the Quern herself. The Queen has been pleased by a writ under the Gtoa Seal of the United Kingiotn to call Anthony Cleasb,y , Esq., ono of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law, to the state and degree of. a Sergeant -at-Law. The Queen has also been pleased by let ers,patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and appoint Anthony Cleasby, Sergeant-at-Law, an additional Baron of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. MARKE7S-7 lIIS DAY. CORN. The trade is rather steadier in tone, with very little chanee in quotations. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was mode rate, and the tone rather firmer, although quiet. The moderate supplies of English wheat were quite up" to Monday's rates. Foreign wheat, of which supplies were light, was hold for former rates at which sales progressed slowly. Floating cargoes of wheat since Monday have sold rather dearer. Malt steady in value, with a limited sale. The flour trade is quiet, without change in prices. Barley, beans, and poas quoted the some as at the com mencement of the week. Oats a stea]y sale, without quotable change in prices. Linseed cakes dull, but not quotably lower. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. MEAT.—The dead meat markets are only sparingly supplied, and the weather being favourable, trade is healthy and prices firm, although not quite up to the highest point since the reaction from the late depression. We quote —Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s to 4s 10d; lamb, 4s to 4s 6d per stone of 81b by the carcase. Poultry—The poultry trade is better owing to the favourable weather, but still not brisk, many West-end families being from town. Fowls, common, is 9d to 2s 6d Surrey chickens, 3s to 3s Gd; fowls, 4s to 4s 6d; pigeons, Gd to 8d; ducks, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; geese, 6i to Gs 6d; grouse, 3s to 4s. Eggs rather lower, Gs Gd to 7s Gd. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. Sugar is still very dull of sale, al prices on the spot are 6d to 9d under those of last week. Floating cargoes are also flat, but have not further given way. One of Cuba Muscovado is reported sold at 23s per cwt. Coffee.—The market is steadier, and Native Ceylon the turn dearer. Good ordinary sold at 45s to 46s ; middling plantation 71s to 74s per cwt. Oils.—Linseed is firm at 31s 9d to 32s on tho spot. English brown rape continues flat, with sellers at 31s 6d. Turpentine is rather firmer at 26s to 26s 3d for both French and American. BOROUGH HOP. The new hops already arrived at market sell but slowly, and the trade rules quiet for all sorts, at about late rates. . COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 28.—Sa1es probably 15,000 bales. Market held firmly. Bank of England Returns, An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending 1 he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, ffadueaday, Aug. 26, 1368. kEtTIfENT. ISSUE DEI Notes issued .m. 04,617,335 Governmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loB Other Securities.. 3,981,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £31,6 i 7,335 BANKING D. £34,617,335 Proprietors'Capi tal X1.1,553,000 3,331,187 4PARTMENT. Goverung. Seca rities(ineluding Dead Weight Anunity) £13,730,131. Other Securities 15,5j7.074- Nu!es 10,641,764 Uuld and Silver Coin .... 1,156,766 Public Deposits (iucludi❑g Ex chequer, &W -ings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt. and Div. Accounts ..... 2,979,410 Other Deposits.. 19,838,830 Seven Days and othor Bills ..... 502,933 £11,2 )5,63.J I £41,203,680 ;a. FORBES, Chief °:►shier. Foreign Mail FacteL List. MAILS DUN. instralla and New Zealand, via Boathampton.....S4A. 12. Ditto, via Alarseilles 7. Ditto, via Panama ....... .......... ...Sep'. 28 .frazll. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. 3 Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Sept. 3. Cape of Good Mope. Ascension. and St. Helena 4ept, China, Penang. and Singapore, via Soaihampten Aug. 2 .iibrtitar. via Southampton Soatbamoton unto, via Marseille' , Meta, kgypt, duo. . Aug.29 Ditto, Marseilles Aug. 6T Mauritius. Cape of Good Hope. and Natal. via Scntham►pton Mai. Marseilles Sept. li Newfoandlara ...... ..... . Sept. 9 Portugal . . ...Sept. 3. United States, t lunch, Calilornia, &c., by British uz. 29 S t. 1. packet Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Ditto, by II iced itates packet Ditto dittt (Baltimore) West ladles and l'aAfic t except Mexico and Baha mas) Sept 14. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerin FAlkland Islands Uaba and Mexico ... .... .........S .pt 26. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evemng. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19 ... 11 191 Do 3 Ms. Rotterdam ... — ... 12 ... 12 1 Antwerp — ... 23 40 ... 25 45 Brussels — ... 23 34 ... 25 45 Hamburgn — ... 13 10i ... 13 11 Paris Short ... 25 20 ... 25 25 Ditto Jiraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120} ... 1201 Vienna — ... 11 63 ... 11. 74 Trieste — ... 11 63 ... 11 721 Petersburg Copenhagen — ... 9 19 ... 9 21 Berlin ._27} Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn ... 47} 47 1 ,- ... 48} ... 49 ... 27 721 ... 27 80 MASKINONGE AND BLACK BASS AT RICE LAKE.— John S. Wallace, Esq., Secretary of the Fish and Game Club of Coburg, Canada, intimates that gentlemen who may desire to fish in Rice Lake from this time forth must receive the permission of the Club, which will be cheer fully accorded to all sportsmen and gentlemen, but not to those whose proceedings have threatened the extermina tion of the maskinonge, and who have lasted their fish down to make merchandise of them. THE SANDWICH ISLAND TRADE.—Eighteen ves sels, aggregating a capacity of 10,713 tons, arrived at San Francisco during the first half of the present year. Over 50 per cent. of the tonnage was steam. UNIFORM WEIGHTS.—We think it a legitimate subject to be didcussed by the general Government, and call the attention of th. 3 Co.nmissioners of Agriculture to the necessity of a uniform, invariable standard of weights 4for grain and produce all over the country. In nearly every State there is a difference from that of its neigh bour in some article sufficient to cause much confusion and serious inconvenience. In Missouri a bushel of oats, as fixed by law, is 35 pounds ; in lowa it is 33; in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Milhigan, it is 32 pounds, as fixed by the laws of each of the States. For barley, the 10 gal bushel, as fixed differently by different states, is in some 36 pounds, and in others 38. A bushel of wheat in Missouri is 66 pounds, while in all other Western States it is GO pounds, and in Connecticut 56 pounds. Corn is 56 pounds in nearly all the States, but is 58 in Now York. Clover seed is mostly 60, but 64 in Ohio and New Jersey. Beans are generally 60, but are 62 in New York and 56 in Ohio. The United States have adoptod a standard bushel and gallon. Either let us mea sure according to this, without reference to weight, or else let us sell by the 100 pounds. But we aro most decidedly averse to the State system of def.:emitting .the Weight per bushel or barrel of each kind of produce.—Springfield' RePultiiatt. tlii4 t So then littl3 iheze