The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-25 00:00:00

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Louise, Sir IVm• Gothard 7 two or 'a✓). ry Wat :..ted for of El perty of the pro- hionably the four ies were occasion pursued thieves. f polico b of the he had ichester hot for 3ed their London, ire than perfect, ting so yore a around f all de- Ldesmen ehended all of Having ]en ap- visited the two hose in o what quickly ter this ts, and )n , and paint cy, and ct shop isoners to pri ; small peared. )ds dis- taken neasur - cigars of the I\ratsoe stolen Leh in" ,t not- is con_ rdinarp these ano ook hey all o pur been g eon roll of in that 'es and d that a beel l If light w hich i n the a ever.' se vere un for there- 3 m ato nd th° hard ;peat' close r .« we ectiot l 5 )a an d , e re' )30- Cellet A eq lls ill 1)8 rnani , ) y Oa r 33 and 1 e%er until. of the ,f late ;ra nee J a Gr°- Y din. ro o '' r ead e ll th e trat Ca. 315 r g r. of the oils ill Sub () 066 fade d, post' 01411 MAREET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGZNCB, CI, Two o'. The Funds, w hi c h closed fir TY m yesterday, CLoot notwith standing the absence of business, are again firm this morning, at a slight advance ; and the principal Foreign Stocks are well supported. The strength of the market is caused not by any demand from the public, but simply by a cessation of the undefined and exaggerated apprehensions of war which have for weeks past disorganised business on the Paris Bourse. In Railways there is no particular change. Great Western have further improved, and Great Bsstern are better ; but most other cases prices are stationary. American 5-20 B on d s have declined. The demand for money has fallen off this morning, and transactions have taken place at 1 per cent., though for the p resent quotations nominally remain at 1 1 to I,i per cent. Consols are quot e d a t 934 to 94 for money, and 94 to 94i for account, and they are firm in tone. New and Recinced, 9-11 to 94/ ; I n di a Fi ve per Cents., 114,i to 115 ; B an k S tock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer tills, 16i to 203 prem. E nglish Railway Shares attract little attention, and, with the exception o f a f urt h er d ec li ne of it in London and South Western, prices are without par -104 t o 1031 Catlin. cha nge. Great Northern (A) is lower, at while Great Western and Great Eastern are each -4- better, the former being inquired for at 49/ to 501-, and the latter at 36;i to 364 ; ancasbire and Yorkshire steady, at 1291 to 130 ; western Midland, 1064 to 107; ; South Eastern, 754 to 76 ; ,orltlllsetin, 106 'to 107 ; London and North to 116 ; London and South Western, 88 t° 'JO ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 52 to _ 2 ( t 2 o il ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 43 i • Caledonian, 75i to 76 ; London, Chat m, a nd Vover, 18i to 19. de For Stocks on the whole are firm, but the a tlngs continue restricted. Spanish New Three per olvtiehier. ha:lndd Italian are each better, being dealt in at 34i to 343- and 52* to 524 respectively. On the Egyptian is -1- lower, at 844 to 85i ; 141 to 15 ; Greek, 121 to 13,1- - ; Turkish Five per Cent•, 877 to 39 • Peruvian, 79 to 79} ; to i ; Danubian, 75i to 76i ; c c eroY of Egypt Loan, 73 to 734. 4 ' n Finance Shares General Credit is quoted at 2i 0 2 d: ; Credit Fonder, 21 to 3 ; international mance, to 1;t: dis. Eoreign Minhig Shares are extremely quiet. St. tf elm a gel rein are quoted at 19 to 20 '11;oss Grande, ,° prem ; Fort Phillip, to Clienteles, to In the market for Bank Shares there is little busi ess doing, and th e on l y change is in Imperial which is lower, at 164 to 17-i- ; Anglo-Aust r i an s t ea d y at 6 i man 7 prem. ; C onso lid ated, 4 i to 4/ ; Imperial Otto to; 68 to prem. ; L on d on and Westminster, 67 . Mis cellaneou s Sh ares are very quiet. Anglo ;8-ineriean Tel egraph remains at 21i to 21g ; At 'antic Telegraph eon' s , Eight per C en t., 34 t o 4 ;. Hud ,a, 13 a Y; 15i to 15i. W - " e R oyal Mail s t eamer N eva has arrived with the t v. est I ndia Mail s an d w i t h the New Zealand Mails d Pa nama. She has brought £97,500 in specie. E A priv ate meeting of shareholders in the National was has bee n h e l d i n Cork, at which a committee a ppointed to consider the measures to be taken lorhla reconstruction of the boa r d o f di rec t ors . ), e liquidators of the London and Middlesex Bank '_ ave announced, through Mr. Os wa ld H owe ll, tic ,T..e:Duntant, that they will make a fin a l di s t r ib u ti on o f e assets among the shareholders immediately after Kle 30th September. 80 ! firtn of stockbrokers suspended yesterday with f er — F °°nsiderable speculative engagements in several and railway stocks. a e Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley has informed the by hi that the letter purporting to have been written n ''3r o him, as a director of the Credit Foncier, and an e„nneing his intention to make restitution of £lB,OOO c,',aeeount of " imaginary and unrealised profits," is lorg ery. 8, 4/ ',, t the me e ti ng yesterday of Macomb and Co., e 4 Contracto rs (Li m i ted), a dividend was de total red °f 6 per cent. for the h a lf- year , ma ki ng a Inonthspaynsent of 12 p er cent . f or t h e twelve enPanrTe c h e t o rhs Y a'lf-yearly meeting of th e Ch ar i ng C ross H ote l (Limited), was held yesterday, when the ?ratireport was adopt e d. The profits on the :2,000 ons of six m on th s are £ 9,923, after plac i ng to the cre di t o f the fund for repairs and re all other i ; £2,302 i n t erest on de b entures, and charging e ncidental expenses. A dividend was de ; Ja red at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free d of 'neoine tax. :e traffi c rece i pts of the Oude and Rohilkund ~a d l N aY (Lucknow and Cawnpore line), for the week esPond July 12, w ere £385, aga i nst £272 in the cor ing week of last year. first a nnua l meet i ng o f s h areholders of the new i„ a : t t of Bomb ay (Li m it e d) was to b e held on the 6th r ', ant at B om b ay, w h en the report and the dividend se ec lared b y the direct ors was t o b e su b m i tte d to t h e hold ers. e " Compagnie G6nerale Transalantique " of ei r a,ece is inviting subscriptions in Paris, for a second in llissi °n of 1 6,000 fr., obligations for 500 fr. each, bear aiaterest at the rate of 25fr. per annum payable Whichm Yearly in January and July. This is the company vi eA: has a concession of the new French postal ser per-,'° the Pacific with a subvention of 750,000 fr. 2,0 - "um, which eventually is to be increased to 4656f0;000fr. per annum. The price of issue is l ast r . lf paid in full with dividend from the Ist July th e r 4 70 fr, if paid by instalments extending to consider 25t December next. It is calculated that, rati c ,ng the allowances, the bonds will pay abi,s•- A t m ore than 6- per cent. They are redeem so: the par of 500 fr. in twenty-three years, by „1,1,1al drawings commencing on the Ist July, 1869. tat directors of the Millwall Freehold Land and th at eenaPany have issued th e i r repor t. It s t a t es k ar " re p the commencement of business, on the 14th hay last, 292 vesse l s, amounting to 98,603 tons, ere, uee n admitt e d. Th e b us i ness has stead i ly in the led) an d the e arn i ngs h ave r i sen from £ 167 f or Yea r , week to £1,044 for the last week i n the half that Th e general manager g i ves i t as h i s op i n i on cien t a , rev enue of abo u t £1,400 a wee k w ill b e su ffi ferent L . o „Provide f or t h e d e b enture and existing pre \vonlia.` capital, while of one about £2,000 a week th e ;In a ddition pay a dividend o f 3 p er cen t. on fir s t P ,, r , e lect ordi nary stoc k . He is satisfied that the ' hatts., e 7 these stages w ill b e reac h e d d ur i ng t h e current the se , r i, a nd considerable pro gress ma d e t owar d s eeis e d"u• The r evenue account s h ows a tota l re - J une L .betwee n t h e 14th of March and the 30th of after , ( . 3 , 1 £9,327 17 s ld ; t h e b alance carried down, 1 0s 30' 111 ,,,ct all working expenses, being £1,344 L thro ghoulrom Copenhagen state that the harvest Inene,,r Denmark, which, as in England, com -401, at be desired, vrage least a fortnight earlier than usual, is 'enipleted, and that the yield of wheat is above good whilst the quality is all that could f eelsi e ,, Even on lands where the plant was 'e d Yield was good, an d th e same report i s eerik°f the crop o f rye . L etters f rom Odessa grow ers a c ondition of somethi ng lik e a l arm among England in consequence of the falling markets of isid to be and France. Th e news f rom London is sai d e "deplorable," while that from Marseilles Inan d to be worse day by day," because the de clieekedfr°,4l Spain upon that market had been by the downward tendency. One letter land aY ' a" Exaggerated or not, the great fall in Beg an(' b France has strongly affected our prices ; the o „ 4 „l, i ness is paralysed." It is then added that Ineri` d ". 4 tY of the weat is good, and from the nefora'istant districts , better than has ever been seen Bp k Th el l of, e new wheat from Bessarabia is very highly 1 1Z go.— : R t. IT C : S .s Et oIe FII , ND . S—CLOSING PRICES. i t y.titntlNT FUNDS 93/ 41 , ‘. 3 /),,, u ° for Account, Sept. 8 ziet t 3 °lit. Reduced 9 4 14 i f l ie l, c., per Oent B 0 4 ). Per Cent. Jan. 1894 4 , 1 4 , 1 * . .) ,°,. Per Cent n. 1873 Doforo.i , so , Yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. , Oo o t ~‘)0 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — xd ~,X il 6 " Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — ,I)o,er tills, £l,OOO, 2 per at 2O pm , _N . .£5OO ~ ~,,,L 2100 & £2OO 4 . of England Stock , 4 or Cent 014,04:(ccount „ P 6 i ,1„;; ) , P3r Cent. . iionds. ********** -- i llii zt t 4;N ..-40VEY.N.RENT SECURITIES bp . o°i 1 0f per Cent., April 1874 ... D be - PNling, for Account o: Per Omit. .Eu 137,1880 115 141 Do' ! )e.: . C eut, Oct. 1888 h o. , rnq emes ** ~ r,,„f„,.. e , „ ..................... ..... 4 ,-0, 5 Pe r ''',,,,, rape' 4 per Cent "a. 5 "mit, , an. 1872 I), , Per Cent., May 1879 — Do er Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — D,, b n °' do. 1877 _ do ItB2 §O. - 11 n e , , , b : 5 per Cent . ., Aug. 1873 ue. 11,r) 4 per Cent .£1 000 er .£lOOO . " ' ... . ni .... ela • 'IGIN Pi-INDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4, , .. .t.th e ite_u,‘, _ Pm B r ` ' , Na t B o I' 4 _ , 0, 6 per Cent nit% , 4(18 1 a per Cent. 1859 , II - Per Cent .. LoN. i Per 0,,,,. , .„1.....r! , do. '' Itca? 1858..... 1) 0. do., 18i0 -- to, do., ..... .. (. 5 ~e _ .. 18Q, B 1) 0 A e;,,, 0 ` ‘ - ' t ° Q., Iz-465 ..5 1 , 01 4, o ............ .. ........ . tlb ) : , 2 r -r e,7ntl)(elrieefeerliret.cl . 3 .... p . er . e... ; -- Per Cent. (Milian 6 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent IDo. 6per Cent., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 — Do., Scrip .£32 paid 01, mbian, 6 per Cent. D inish, 3 per Cent., 1825........ D tnubian Principalities, par Cent D• 8 per Cent., 1867 — akuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• Do. Second Issue Da. £5OO Bonds Do. LIOC Bonds B6 Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds • •••• ....... English Scrip, 1868 — • Do do. .£l5 pd }pm } dis Governmert Railway Debentures Greet,: 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account 11,. Coupons • Do. Accrint .. G tater/m.la 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p It +iiau 5 le CE r. t., 1865 — )o. Account Do Maremniana Railyray — 11. , vican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1861 — Do' per Cont. Auglo-Froneh — stoutevid9at. 6 per Cent. . — ':ioorish Imperial 5 per Cent Vow Granada — Do 3 per Cen Do. Defer-ad Do Land Warrants (Ilectarea) - Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 79} } Do 41 per Cent. (Uriharren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account l'ortsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'S 38}. Do. do. 1F67 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Ds 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .... 88} f f Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO 80nda.,.,. Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Po Nicolas Railway 66} 7 Sar iiniau 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .. — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do' New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not fundod Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 671 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6l} Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Acc+unt Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6,per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the above payable is London. Austnan o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 6-Igian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil Do Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia?, 5 per Cont. 1861, Ex. zsf. Do. Account 521 CLOSING PRICES Coneuls, Money 94 Do. Account, Sept. 8 94 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. WESTMINSTER. AN ILLUSTRIOUS CHRISTY IN TROUBLE.—John Thomas Willis, a wandering " nigger," in full pro fessional costume, was charged with stealing a coat. George Wheeler, potman at the Coach and Horses, Chester-mews, Belgravia, said—The pri soner and another nigger were in the Coach and Horses last night going through their performance. They left about one o'clock, and directly they were gone I missed my coat which bad been hanging up in the tap-room where the prisoners had been. I went out and overtook him and asked him for my coat. He said he had not got it, but upon putting my hand underneath his coat I felt mine beneath it. A female who was with him said, "lt was only taken for a lark ; we should have brought it back." I gave prisoner into custody. The prisoner said he was drunk at the time, and had not the slightest recollection of the affair. He was as innocent as a new-born babe. (A laugh.) lie frequently went b the Coach and Horses, and it was not likely that he would commit a felony there. Mr. Selfe said he was unwilling to believe that this illustrious Christy was guilty of theft. He would not send hint to prison, but would inflict a fine of 20s. and costs for being drunk and dis orderly. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Jarnes Scanlan, a youth about 19 years of age, and recently a pot-man in a bar-house, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with stealing a small barrel of ale, the property of Mr. Robert Henry, brewer. Charles Fisk, drayman, said that on the Bth of the present month he•was in Lambeth-street, White chapel, with his dray, laden with stout, ale, and beer. He left his dray and horses is the street for a minute, and was returning, when he saw the prisoner leaving the dray with a cask of ale on his shoulder. The prisoner carried the ale into a common lodging house, No. 25, Lambeth-street. He left a boy in charge of his dray, and went to the station-house in Leman-street and returnei with two policemen. The cask contained six half gallons of bitter ale, and was valued at lls. He saw the prisoner again last night. Hugh Andrews, a police constable, No. 62 11, said he went to the house, No. 25, Lambeth-street, on the Bth of August, and found the cask of ale stolen from the dray in the kitchen. Police-sergeant Dunaway, No. 11 H, said he arrested the prisoner last night at a shop in Well street, near the Sailors' Home. He put him among the others about his own age and size, and Fisk picked him out in a moment. The prisoner said he was innocent of the rob bery, and called two witnesses, who knew nothing of the matter. Mr. Benson said the prisoner had been in cus tody before. The Prisoner—Yes; you fined me ss. for being drunk. Mr. Benson committed the prisoner for trial. FALL OF PART OF A HOUSE. Shortly after seven this morning much excite ment was caused in Marshall-street, Golden-square, and the neighbourhood by what at first was sup posed to be the fall of a house. It appears that several houses in the above street have recently been pulled down by Messrs. Patrick, the contractors of Westminstnr, for the purpose of erect ing some warehouses, and about the time stated the party wall of the house, No. 23, which had adjoined those pulled down fell with a heavy crash, leaving ',the interior of the whole of the rooms, and the iamates, and one of whom was in bed, exposed. Fortunately the occupants of the different; rooms sustained no bodily harm. Inspector Harrison, of the G division, was shortly after the occurrence on the spot, and took every precaution to prevent accidents, and Messrs. Patrick have taken the necessary steps for securing the safety of the house by shoring it up. A murder of peculiar atrocity has lately been committed near Limoges. A shoemaker's wife, ❑amed Babinaud, strangled her husband in his sleep and afterwards cut his body in pieces. For four days successively she went into the woods and lanes about Limoges scattering little bits of her husband's body in various directions far and wide. Every night she re turned to her house, and lay down to sleep by the side of what was left. Six days after the murder she put on her best gown and danced at a village fete. She has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. This " cold" cruelty would seem to be pecu liarly French, as it is found in nearly every French murderer we hear of. But, doubtless, this is because we are presented with none but the selected cases. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1868. SSE; 100 100 all 100 121 100 1 . 100 2 100 100 ISIONS. i 7 If 104 104; i i ? 3 4 t. 61 7• 101 103 106 107 117 VE, 161 17 78 62 1:1 52 38 4 26 21: J 9 20 107 j l('8, li 2 , ii 2 4 105 107 WO 101 121 .3 99 101 91 la IC3 106 100 102 4/5 97 S 8 Is 106 3 1024 IC3i IC3 1( 2 it 1011 1021 iT SECUE: 10} 103 105' 102 /u 8 101 106 91 93 90 92 112 101 111 Jl3 107 lug 108 110 IC7j 17 11l 7} 1 1 61 6 XlOO 102 108 110 105 107 104 108 106 188 106 108 106 198 163 105 106 VS L, 101 14 104 0 . ..1 101 971 981 97 citi 1.0 114 IU9 1,1 ,ITIX6. 101 111 lot 1041 110 113 100 1034 113 1 $ 111 11i 103 i Me ft9i i leet 1091 THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 'NORWICH ? MortlY, the — die# attraction yesterday was the cathedral. As far as I haVe been able to gather its history, the first stone of this building was laid in 1090, by Herbert do Losinga, then Abbot of Ramsay, and afterwards Bishop of Norwich, the see being removed to the latter place from Thetford. There is this somewhat curious feature recorded in connection with the foundation of the structure—namely, that all the great people in the neighbourhood had literally a hand in the work. Thus, after the abbot had placed his stone, the feudal lord of the castle, one Roger Bigot, came and placed his, being followed in time by Herbert de Rye, a deroti from the Holy Land, and the other barons of the district. The choir and surrounding aisles, the transepts, and the central tower were completed before the death of the first bishop, the nave and the nave aisles being erected by his successor, Bishop Eborard. In 1171 the cathedral suffered severely from fire, but was restored by Bishop John de Oxford. It was not till 1500, however, that it was really completed, and from that time till now it has passed through alternate stages of decay, restoration, and embellishment. The tower is a fine speci men of Norman architecture in four stages. The first bishop is buried in the church, but the crypt containing his remains has long been closed. The cathedral is dedi cated to the Holy Trinity, and is one of thirty-eight eccle siastical edifices contained within the walls, or rather the remnants of the walls, of the city. There were two services yesterday, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, and at both every inch of sitting and standing room was occupied. Dr. Magee, Dean of Cork, delivered a most eloquent sermon in the forenoon, and the Dean of Norwich was to have been the afternoon preacher, but he was unable to reach the city in time, and his place was supplied by Canon Evetts. The bishop of the diocese, with Dr. Hooker, the president of the Association, the Duke of Buccleuch, ex-president, and most of the wise men at present sojourn ing in that quarter of the compass from which we are told such characters originally came, were amongst the congre gations. The offertory in the afternoon was devoted to the Norwich Infirmary, the funds of which will no doubt he largely benefited therely. To-day great excitement prevails in reference to the excursion at the end of the week; and the local secretaries, men not easily perplexed, are almost driven to their wits' ends with the task of allotting tickets. Ten o'clock was the last hour for receiving the applications, which have poured in in shoals. The great difficulty experienced by the secretaries is that the visitors with wonderful sagacity, spot the most eligible places to visit, and won't be contented with going anywhere else. Cromer and Yar mouth are the most favoured of these. Mr. Harvey's invitation to Cromer Point, postponed from Saturday, will, I suspect, be accepted by nearly all the visitors ; and it may be questioned whether the lecture on "Reverse Chemical Actions," by Dr. Odling, announced to be delivered in the Drill Hall in the evening, will be an attraction sufficient to tear them away from the hospita lities of the wealthy M.P., who appears to be very popular hero. ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. A paper on the cattle plague was brought forward in this section by Mr. W. SMITH, hon. consulting veterinary surgeon to the Norfolk Cattle Plague Association. After describing the nature of the disorder and pointing out that, at all events as regarded the county of Norfolk, the treatment by means of drugs, homoeopathy, and vaccina tion, signally failed, the author furnished an interesting sketch of the rise and progress of the disease in this country. The cattle plague had been known, he said, for more than 1,000 years to have periodically devastated the continent of Europe. About 810 it was supposed to have visited England, but there was no authentic record of its having broken out again until 1714, when it appeared in Islington. About the middle of June it committed great ravages for about three months, and disappeared towards Christmas in the same year. It reappeared in April 1745, being probably imported by some calves from Holland. It lasted twelve years, and killed many thousand heads of cattle. In March 1770, the disease was imported into Portsoy, in Moray Firth, but was stamped out with a comparatively trifling loss by the judicious and timely slaughter of the affected beasts And those which had been in contact with them ; and in Aberdeen, in 1865, it was twice got rid of by the adoption of similar means. The particulars of the outbreak of 1865 were then gone into at length by Mr. Smith, who ascribed the introduction of the disease into Norfolk on that occasion to a lot of cattle brought from the metropolitan into the local market. Some of these cattle were conveyed into neighbouring districts, and imparted the disease there also. The number of cattle attacked from the Ist July to the 21st of October was 705, of which 296 were killed and 290 died. By November 25, 1,004 beasts had been attacked, the large increase being due to the utterly powerless nature of the eight Orders in Council which had been issued. The above and other statistics of the disease in Norfolk, showing with what rapidity the number of beasts at - tacked increased as soon as the provision for the compulsory slaughter of those infected was removed, and how the number as rapidly lessened immediately after the order again came in force, were adduced to prove the utter uselessness of treating and endeavouring to preserve infected animals. They must, argued Mr. Smith, be at once destroyed whenever and wherever disease breaks out. Legislation, it was pointed out, had been urged on a little way in the right direction, AS the Act of last session was calculated to control pleuro pneumonia in a slight degree by inflicting a penalty on p ers ons exposing animals so affected in the market. Next session, it was hoped, Government would go a step further, and prevent such animals from being moved from place to place on the public thoroughfares until all fear of infection had passed away. This would tend, in the opinion of those best acquainted with the subject, to give the cattle plague a severe check, and consequently would be the means of cheapening food in this country more effectually than any other course yet known, not even excepting foreign importation. The growing desire to cheapen food had its advantages, but it had also its evils. Free trade in animals was, to a great extent, as the member for East Norfolk had phrased it, " free trade in disease." The paper concluded with the expression of a hope that the establishment of a market for imported animals would have the effect of remedying the evils which were likely to follow from the opposition to the Foreign Market Bill o , last session by the opponents of the present Government who would see, when perhaps it was too late, the folly the course they took. ELECTION IN7ELLIGENCI4. FINSBURY. The prepent members have determined to present themselves conjointly before the enlarged constitu ency of this borough, which, it is estimated, will now have 40,000 electors. The return of Mr. Torrens and Mr. Alderman Lusk, who will thus be united in their canvass, is looked upon as certain, especially as committees are already being formed throughout the borough in their names. The Con servatives have been using every exertion to secure names for the " constitutional register," and their agents have been making a house-to-house canvass for lodgers to become voters. The papers left for the proposed voters to fill up are so framed as to make many fancy that they are filling:up a parish and not a party document. The only candidate hitherto brought forward by the Conservatives is a Mr. Kimber, who addressed a ticket meeting a short time since. Sir Samuel Baker's name has also been mentioned as a candidate in the Conservative interest. A rumour is afloat that Mr. W. Cox, the late member, will stand, but there has been no public notification of this. SHARE LIST. ihare l l Railways. 1 I raw. Bristol and E Teter Caledonian .1•1••11 •• • Cornwall Dublin At Belfast Jun( 13un„Pertb..11 Ab.Junc 'East London. 82 14 75 76 20 SO 3i 4 75 77 70 72 I o Do Glasgow t B. wester .heat Eastern .. 91 05 t6i 86 5 t 15 I 106 10, 103 3 Do. E. Angl. No. 2.. fircat North of Scotlanr ..ircut Northern Do. A stock. Do. 1; stock—. it S, and W. of Irelan: t. WeNtern -Origin; Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Uator la 16 49! OS CA 28 !S 'l'B I -201 •.`o I#2ll it Do. Newport .noca3hire YorLzdur Mn.,L Brißfh. , lir S. Cua, •Do Scrip . on., Chat., and Dor, 18i IV " Do. lictrop. Ix. A. Lou. ,North Wentri 4 South Webtin lan., Shef., 4 Lhicul qctropolitan.... ..... • ExtecAion..... 116 61 $1 111 114 VS Do. INcv. r 1. Ictrupolitan Dieirici 4). and at. Joh:1'611 iteLland 77 SO Do, 13irmiti.. SI Thal: wort❑ British . . . Do. Ed., ft.h., Sz 1)u, Eutern—Berwit; Do. ti.N•E Do. Leads ..... LC 1` , 7 75 if St IG 100 102 Do. York ----- Carlisle ...... Do. Stook. di. Dar ,orth London . . 56 16 VL 13 133 la 131 133 Ltd .21 11 II 57 SO, Do. do. 1866 . iortli Statiordshire 1. & S. W. Junction . D 3 new £ lO abort's. ,nropsture Union with Devon youth ItLiatern in 48 45 47 751 7t 11 lz 148 152 taliaea, Wok., 1Vo) van' Vale Do. C , Faterlord Kilkcno. , Va.terloo dic Whiteha ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing I Susisesi Prise. dens. 751 i S 6 1:1 I'6l 6 .OSI 49! I 1/5Z 4 10 111 I ICBi 107 01 nulrrisu r ktlantio St. Lu wrenor torn.,Buroda, dt Cen.lt gu. 6 per scut Du. F &tares 80. G .. .uflalo t Lake 'Jur°. 1)o. Preference sud.,Braut, &Goderici 5 p.c. 1872-3-i ........ e goo. 6 per cent.... Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p .:ast Bengal, gu., 5 d. Do. do. 5 per coat . European & N.Ainerio is. rt 4 :s.at Indian, gu. 5 p.c Do. Lrh res.... 'rand Tr unkoi Canad )0. Equip. Mort, Bond - I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds De. 2d Pref. Bonita Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. 4th Pref. stook it. India Pen. gua. 5p.,. Do. New 5 per cent. Do. New gua. S p. o. Do. 4 pct, Veb a rip sgistere, ) t. South of Inuia gua. 5 per cent Do. 4} per cent treat W. s. of Canada Jo. G p. 0 868. pay. 187 Jo. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Ind. Tram. gua, 3 p cellt itadras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 41 do Do. Fifth Extensio: Ilel. I Bohemia's Bay. Do. 6 p. c. Buds. 188 Do. 5 d In) )udc & g. 5 p.e Do. Sh.res d. Do. do. Do. Nu:hatee ioinde •• • Do. Delhi as 4' 00. do ••b x . Do. Punjaub....l E. Do.lndus St.Flot MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCII SECTION. The results of the labours of the Rainfall Committee were communicated to this section by Mr. G. Y. SYMONS, the secretary, who stated that the extraction and classifi cation of all trustworthy records of rainfall, whether published or unpublished, was kept prominently in view, and steadily pursued on every opportunity, as was also the examination of rain-gauges in situ by the secretary, who travelled about the British Isles during portions of each year in order to ascertain that the rain-gauges used by the observers now assisting (about 1,600 in number) were accurately constructed instruments, and were placed in suitable positions. Mr, Symons referred briefly to the fact that in a voluntary body of observers such as that now recording the rainfall through the length and breadth of the land, removals and deaths would occasionally leave small districts unrepresented, and, as in parts: of Derbyshire, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland other parts had never been adequately provided. From these causes additional observers were at all times most welcome, but they must conform to the rules of their confrere., so as to secure uniform. results. The Secretary then referred to certain expniments which were suggested some few years since relative to the effects which would result from inclining the funnels of gauges towards the rain ; not, of course, with the remotest idea of any but horizontal gauges being ever used for any but experi mental purposes. Tables were presented illustrating the results of these instruments, for the construction and observation of which the country was indebted to Mr. Chrimes, of Rotherham. Their discussion proved the following facts :-1. That there was no month in the year in which a gauge whose mouth is horizontal collected so much as one which was kept face to the wind by a vane. 2. In summer rain fell nearly vertical, the average angle then being about 20 deg., in spring an d au t umn 46 d eg., and in winte r more than 60 deg. 3. Th e ra ti o o f th e f a ll on the ground to that at 25ft. above it, bore a nearly constant relation to the angle of fall ; for in stance, in two months, when rain fell at a mean angle of 65 deg. from the vertical the 25ft. gauge collected 25 per cent. less than that on the ground ; and, on the other hand, in two months when the mean an,gle was 20 deg., the upuer and l ower gauges on l y differed by 5 per cent. Reference was then made to the removal of various experimental gauges from Caine to the vicinity of Reading, and to the rainfall of parts of Cumber land and Westmoreland, one point specially deserving of notice being that, by independent and different modes of inquiry, Professor Phillips and Mr. Symons had arrived at very similar results as to the height at which the greatest amount was usually to be found—the former giving 1,463 feet, and the latter 1,000 to 1,500 feet. Considerable space in the communication was devoted to the determination of the relative wetness of different months based on the average of many years ; and it was shew n th a t th e grea t er the total fall in the year the more certain was it that the wettest month would he a winter one, whereas in dry districts like Norwich the wettest month was in summer or early autumn. A very complicated investigation was next mentioned relative to variations in the percentage of decrease of rain due to elevation above the ground in different months, of which it may be briefly said that the result appeared to be that while a gauge on the roof in every month collected less than one on the ground, the decrease was much greater in winter than in summer, and upon the values in the tables various correction factors were based. Remarks on the rainfall of the last two years concluded Mr, Symons's coMAlU.OicartiOu f ._ - TOWER HAMLETS. Last night Mr. Edmond Beales, as a cannlidate for this borough, addressed a crowded meeting of the electors and prospective electors at the Litnehouse Town Hall. He met with a cordial reception, an I a resolution pledging the meeting to use its utmost endeavours to secure his election was passed. HACKNEY. Last night a meeting of the electors of the borough of Hackney was held at Albion-hall, Albion-square, DaLtton, for the purpose of afford ing Mr. J. Hohns, one of the Liberal candidates, an opportunity of explaining his views upon the questions of the day. Mr. Ilolms said he should oppose the funds arising from the disendowment of the Church ;in Ireland being applied to sectarian purposes. A resolution in favour of Mr. llolms was unanimously adopted. CHELSEA. A crowded meeting of the supporters of Sir Henry A. Hoare, one of the Liberal candidates for this newly-created borough, was held last night at the Swan, Walham-green. Mr. Weston expressed great disapprobation at the course adopted by the Working Men's Electoral Association in passing a resolution pledging themselves to support Mr. Odger. The following resolution was carried amid enthusiastic cheering :—." That this meeting pledges itself to support Sir Henry A. Hoare and Mr. Went worth Dilke as fit and proper persons to represent this new borough in Parliament." DEVON (EAST). A crowded and uproarious meeting was held at Torquay list night. A resolution in favour of Sir L. Palk and Viscount Courtenay was eventually carried by a large majority. LA UNCESTON. Mr. Lopes, the Conservative member for Laun ceston, and the only candidate, addressed a crowded meeting on Saturday night. His remarks concern ing the Irish Church question elicited tremendous cheering from the large number of Liberals pre sent. He deprecated the "No Popery" cry, and disdained the use of that cry, because be did not believe that the disestablishment of the Irish Church would be the means of the Roman Catho lics obtaining ascendancy. The good common sense of England would never allow Popery to get the upper hand. At present he was not prepared to support Mr. Gladstone's propositions, having not yet heard arguments to induce him to do so, but he trusted his mind was open on that subject as on others ; but whatever might have been his views as to the disestablishment of the Irish Church, ho told them candidly that he would not have supported Mr. Gladstone last session because the question had been raised as a party move. A vote of confi dence in the hon. member was passed, amid cheers from both parties. NOTTINGHAM. Sir Robert Clifton has retired from the contest for this borough. A deputation of his tenantry and others waited upon him at Clifton-hall on Saturday, for the purpose of persuading him to re consider his decision not to come forward again as a candidate. Sir Robert, however, declined, giving as his reason that he had no desire in any way, directly or indirectly, to as s i s t in promoting the return of Mr. Marten, who had come forward as the Conservative candidate. It is said that Mr. Marten and his friends gave offence to Sir Robert by some of their proceedings at the inquiry in 1865, when he was unseated. Lady Clifton has just written the following ad dress to the women of Nottingham :—" Ladies— Cherishing a lively sense of gratitude for the aid which I received from lady friends in Notting ham, when I bad occasion to canvass in favour of my husband, and deeply sensible of the efficacy of that aid, it occurs to me that an effort should be made to enable women to exercise directly those electoral powers which hitherto they have not exercised at all, or only indirectly. In many of the large towns the names of women rate payers have been placed on the register, and at the approaching election those so qualified will be en abled to vote. If this has been done elsewhere, why may it not be done in Nottingham? There are hundreds of women in the good old town who pay rates and taxes, thus contributing to all the ex penses of the municipality and of the State, but who have no voice in the disposal of the borough or national revenues. It has been decided by the Ministers of State that if the revising barristers permit the name of any person, male or female, to be placed on the register of voters, the person whose name is so registered shall be entitled to vote at municipal or Parliamentary elections. I would then suggest that those possessing qualifications among women of Nottingham, whose intelligence I appre ciate, and whose personal worth I hold in high esteem, should at once send in their elaims on Tues day, the 25th, the last day on which claims are received. " GERALDINE CLIFTON." CHIPPENHAM.—A public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall on Friday night, for the purpose of forming a Liberal Association to protect the in dependence of voters. The resolutions were all carried unanimously in an assembly comprising a good proportion of the constituency. Sir George Young, the Liberal candidate, addressed the meet - ing, and in the course of his speech mentioned that although he had not nearly completed his canvass, he had already had assurances from more than half the electors that they intended to support him if they could. That such a condition should be added shows the necessity of a combination among the Liberal electors of Chippeuham ; but wo are informed that some of the principal landlords and employers have already declared their intention to respect the electoral rights of their tenants and work-people. CORNWALL (EAST).—Sir John Trelawny made his first formal address to the electors of East Corn wall on Friday, when a resolution in his favour was unanimously carried, after speeches of an interesting character from Mr. Robartes, M.P., Sir Colman Rashleigh, Sir Charles Sawle, and others. DEVON (NoRTH).—Mr. Walrond has announcel his intention to retire from the representation of Tiverton, and a requisition to him is being signed by the electors of North Dovou. His colleague, on the Conservative side, will be Sir Stafford North cote, and his opponent Air. T. D. Acland, jun. A stiff fight is expected. SCOTLAND. FORFARSIIIRE. The lion. Mr. Carnegie, M.P. fur Forfarshire, addressed a meeting of the electors iu Arbroath on. Saturday—Mr. Duncan, of Parkhill, in the chair. Mr. Carnegie, in the course of his remarks, said that if the constituency again honoured him with their support he should go to the House of Com mons as an independent supporter of the Liberal party. He had on various occasions differed from that party—as, for example, on the first division on the Cattle-market Bill. He was then of opinion, and was so still, that some measures were necessary to prevent the importation of diseased cattle into this country. As to the question of the law of hypothec, he was prepared to introduce a similar measure to that which he introduced two years ago. With regard to the law of primogeniture, he was in favour of putting real and personal property on the same footing, but he was opposed to the French system of compulsory division. In reference to education, he said he was in favour of a national and unsectarian system. A motion expressing con fidence in Mr. Carnegie was unanimously carried. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. NOTICE. Tho Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Everaing, oon taining the Latest Betting at Tattersall's, &c., was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DERBY RACES-THIS DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Tho Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 3C added ; two year olds Est 41b, three Bst Gib, four 9st 51b, live 9st 12:b, s'x and aged 10st ; the winner to be sold for 600 sovs if entered for 40J sovs allowed 41b, 200 7lb, if not to bi sold 01i.) extra. ooe FAlrf ix Torn 2 Blackbird c Four ran. CIIATSWOR rII STAKES. The Chatsworth Plate of 50 s)vs, ad led to a Ifaadicap of 10 sove each, h ft; whiners of any race of the value of 100 sevs aft.T Aug. 2U (et tea a.:u.) 51b, 200 or Inure 101 b extra; the second to save his stake; 0114 mile aui a quarter ; 14 subs. ChAdiu:ston w.co DRAKELOW STAKES. Tho Drakelow Stakes (Handicap) of 50 sovs ; winners of any handicap after Aug. 20 (at ton a.m.) 71b extra ; half a mile. Problem 1 Nonsense 2 TRADESMEN'S HANDICAP. Thi Tradesmen's Plate of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; winners of any race of the value of 103 sovs after Aug. 10 (at ten a.m.) 41b, of 230 71b, and of 300 or more 101 b extra; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half ;39 subs, 27 of whom declared. Wild Briar w.o. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. The Chesterfield Plate of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b. Three -quarters of a mile. Jove DERWENT STAKES. The Derwent Plate of GO sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 51b, four lOst 51b, five and upwards lOst 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 310 ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if en tered fur 75 sovs allowed 51b, 50 101 b, 40 141 b. Three quarters of a mile. Greenhorn Little Lord 2 MOIRA HANDICAP. The Moira Han licap of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added winners of any race after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) value 100 sovs 41b, 200 71b, 300 1010 extra ; weights not accu mulative ; ono mile 10 subs. Python BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. sto 4on the field (offered) 6to 1 bar one (offered) 25 to 1 agst See-Saw (take 100 to 3) 40 to 1 agst Restitution (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mercury (taken) CANTERBURY RACES—THIS DAT. TWO-YR-OLD STAKES. The Two Year Old Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of any race value 100 soya 71b extra ; starters twice without winning allowed 3113 ; five furlongs. 9 subs. Simla Pastime f 2 Nanny Thormanby 3 Six ran. COLONIAL GO VSUNMEN British Columbia, 6 per, cent., Do. taxi .)au.Clov.6 p.o.Ja.da Jul, 1877-et )o. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. 00. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept )o. 5 p. o. Jan. & Jul) Jo. 5 p. a. Inscribed 6k I -;ape G.Hope, 6 p.e.1873 I 0o.Ap1.&00 11190-19OC 00. do 1680-9/ 00. Jan.&July, 1891 00. syer 0ent..15 Apri, and 15 Oct., 1900 Nov. 1878, 6 p., Do. 1872, do aaurltius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Jo. 1882, May and Nov. Do. 1855, Feb. .>c Aug Melbourne Corporatn., 1077-75, 6 per ccnr, 4.13.G0r.6p.0.Ja.&Ju1y ' , alai 6 p ci,Apl & Oct Do 6 p o. 5i y & Nor V. S. W. 5 p•o., '7l to '76, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890, Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '7l' 4 .Zealand, 6 p. ot. 1851 Do. 5 per oent.... DoJan,Ap t.), 6p c. Mar & ei,t '9l Do u Ai Deo , 1-01 Do I.niv. 01 ALe k Id . ( b,ria, I 42', ~ova Scotia 6 p. c. Jai an I July, 1875 Do 15,6.. /aeenslud. 6 p. Do 1851 i. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 Do 1873.62 k :l 3 ). t o. ° J 11;. 9 July lu Do 165319u3 ' rasmazdan pe, 1693 D v t o c t rd. o r Do. 1891 Do. do. April & BRITIS Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. Cravat Urakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East tiarn BrPa East Grenville ..... East Lovell • • • E. W'l Russell (Tavistk rm.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great Laxey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (lielston li renville klerod's loot LI ingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley aiwyndy Iron Ore, thew Se ton North ltoskear . N.Wh Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prince of Walcs Prosper United Providence iUnyLelant 5. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan *Stray Park . fin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard West C hirer ton . West Seton... Wheal Bassei.j!lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 111 MI. 33 2.11.6 IA 11 1 2 420 430 i i 10 12 3 4 4 I 11 2 8 O I i 2 4 18 17 211 3.12.6 3.V.0 '1.2 15.6 all 1.4.0 1:1 1 8.1u.Q 1 6.10.6 13.17.6 1.10.6 3.7.0 bit 51.17.0 4.4. v 1 3.11.31 8.11.0 11.6.7 %.18:6 1 la bit 4E0.3 474 54 2114 15 16 1¢ 38 40 24 21 6 8 7 7¢ 24 1/ 60 70 5 7 2 24 20 23 360 110 k is 17 19, 4 6 14 11 10 l2 03 63 100 300 62 67 4 20 22 60 63 8 10 i G. 317.01 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Orig. 4/t per cent., -- Ditto, 4 per cent. Ind . 73 i rutr.iGuElvt;tr• bkIAKICH AND STOCKS. Great Western, 6 per cent., irrd.. 1886, 93 FOREIGN RAILWAM San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., is FOREIGN_MINEF. Cape Copper, lim., 121 Roan Grande, St. John del Hey. lim 196 Vancouver Coal, 6i BANES. Agra, I'm.. A, Ditto, B, Anglo-Austrian. 14 1 Bank of New Zealand, It Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and Chi lli ., /9/ Consolidated, lim ,_4 City, 12 111 English and iU. de Janeiro, lira., 8 Imperial Ottoman.:lol London Bank of alexia° and S. America, rim., 141 London and County, 60 Ditto, new. 321 London Joint Stock. 32/ National Provincial of England, Ditto. d and 3d issue, 391 Union of Australia, 461 Union of London, 311 MISCELLAN KO US. Anglo American Telegraph, 211 Atlantic Telegraph, 331 Ditto, 8 per cent , 781 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., fi Credit Fonder of England, litn. , 21 , Crystal Palace, Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 110 East India Irrigation and Canal. I it Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua , Eiectric ana International 'Telegraph, 217 E,iglish and Australian Copper, 9-76 Geu. Credit and Discount, Inn., 4 Hudson's Bay, 151 Lott •oa and Provincial Marine, 1 13-16 Madras Irr Nation and Canal (guarauted 5 per cent by the India GJvcritment), 103 New Quebrad a, 1 Ocean marine nsuranec), 19a 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, DitJ, new, 18,17, 101 neuter's Telegram, 4,/ 59 Royal Mail Steam, 611 Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 11 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Universal Marine (Insurance), llm., 81 j Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 731 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DIJII. Australia and Nov Zealand, via Southaroptoa Sap!. 12. Ditto, vii Marseilles ...-............5ept. 7. Ditto, via Panama . Brasil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. 3. Ditto, by French packet ...... ....... Sept. it Oapa Vat's, by Brazil paotat . Lift.. THE NORTHERN BURGHS. Mr. Laing, M.P., has issued an address to the electors of the Northern Burghs, in which he states that he has completed his canvass, and that he is confident that be will be again ret'trned as their representative by a consideraLle majority. lie says it gives him great pleas'a.c to find that his old sup porters in 1852, with scarcely an exception, continue to support him, and that be has a very decided majority of the intelligent artisans and mechanics who have been ad Ditted for tin first tine to the electoral roll. Mr. Loch's party, however, claim a majority in all the burghs except Kirkwall. PEEBLES AND SELKIRK. On Saturday afternoon Sir John Murray of Phi liphaugh, one of the candidates for the represen tation of the united counties of Peebles and Selkirk, addressed a meeting of the old and new electors of Innerleithen—Mr. Miller, of Leithen, in the chair. Sir John, in the course of his speech, denied that the country was indebted to the Tories for the Reform Bill, and said it was the work of the Oppo sition. As to the effect the Bill had on the united counties, he said that Peebles and Selkirk had been conjoined expressly for the purpose of making a safe seat for his hon. opponent. Ho had not the slightest doubt, however, that these counties would provide a safe scat for the Liberals if the faggot votes were excluded; for the time had gone by when the tenantry would listen to any dictation, and they would think for themselves. If the assi milation of the county and burgh franchise were effected, the counties would be able, in spite of the faggot voters, to return to Parliament the man of their choice for many years to come. On the mo tion of Mr. Duncan, S.S.C., Edinburgh, Sir John Murray was declared to be a fit and proper person to represent the united counties in Parliament. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SCARBOROUGH MELTING-MONDAY. The Visitors' Plate, of 40 sous. T.Y.G., straight half mile. Capt. Machell's Sir Oliver, by Stockwell—Marie, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Fordham) 1 Mr T. J. Dresser's Cape Clear, 3 yrs, Get 101 b (car. Get 111 b) (M. Noble) 2 Mr. G. Ringroso's Lady Neville filly, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Kelly) 3 Mr John Leath's Scarupster, aged, 7st 101 b (H. Adams) 0 Mr Bowes's Thankful, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Oradock) 0 Mr W. Prior's Meliora, 3 yrs, Gst 31b (W. Platt) 0 Mr Acklam's Miss Moses, 3 yrs, Gst (Hudson) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Sir Oliver, 3to 1 agst the Neville filly, and 4to 1 agst any other. Won by three longjhs. Two lengths between second and third. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of JO soya each, h ft, with 100 added; for two year old colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Glb ; penalties and allowances. Tho second to receive 20 soya. T.Y.C., straight half mile. 25 subs. Captain Machell's Martyrdom, by St. Alban's—Eulogy, 9st 31b (inc 71b ex) 1 Mr Jackson's D uc h ess o f Ath o l , B st 31b (Cameron) 2 Mr W. Forster's G eorge O s b a ld eston, Bst 101 b (Cameron) 3 Mr Dobson na Number Nip, 9st 31b (inc 71b extra) (Snowden) 4 Betting-4 to lon Martyrdom. Won by a neck, four lengths between second and third; bad fourth. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; weight for age; selling allowances, &c. 1 mile. Waffles, by Ellington—Olive Branch, 2 yrs, Gst 21b _ (Jeffrey) 1 St. Andrew, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (Hudson) 2 .Jenny Mills, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Cradock) 3 Searthnitch, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (M. Noble) 4 Camillo, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Hargreaves) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Waffles. Won by a length ; half a length between second and third. The winner was bought in for 245 guineas. The Ganton Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs each, half ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added; second to save stake. 1 miles. '22 subs, two of whom paid 3 sovs each. Sir Charles Legard's Lord Palmerston, by Marionett3— Hubbub, 3 yrs, Est Sib (Jeffrey) 1 Mr Dobson na Fora, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Hudson) 2 Sir W. Elliott's Three per Coat., 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Cameron) 0 Mr John's Pretty John, 3 yrs, sst 101 b.... ..... (W. Platt) 0 Batting-6 to 4on Lord Palmerston and 2to 1 agst Flora. Won by half a length; the others did not pass the post. The innkeepers' Plate of 40 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 save each ; weight for age, selling allowances. T.Y.C., straight half mile. Artichoke (late Roving Joe), by Rinaldo —Francesca, Bst (Kelly) .1 Hippons, sst 111 b (W. Platt) 2 Betting-6 to son Hippona. Won by a length. The winner was sold to Captain Poart for 47 guineas. The Londesborough Cup of 100 sous, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each; second to receive 10 sovs. Three- quarters of a mile. Mr A. Dunhill's Elvire, by Lambton—dam by Orestes, 4 yrs, 7 st (Cradock) 1 Mr Green na Vulcan, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Platt) 2 Mr Eskrett's Edinburgh, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (Osborne) 3 Mr E. C. Clayton's Lozenge, 6 yrs, 9st 51b ...(Fordham) 0 Mr Ringrose's Lady Sykes (h b), 6 yrs, E s t 101 b (Kelly) 0 Mr Gilby's Percussion, 3 yrs, sst 51b. (APE wen) 0 Mr W. Hudson's Pomfret, 2 yrs, sst 71b (IV. Platt) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Elvire, and 3to 1 each agst Edin burgh and Lozenge. Won by three lengths; six lengths between second and third. DONOASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING; TUESDAY, Sept. 8. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared by noon on Tuesday, the Ist of September, and with 200 sovs added; the winner of a handicap value 300 soya after the publication of the weights (Aug. 21, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b; of any other handicap 41b extra; the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes and the third to save his stakes. St. Leger Course. 60 subs. The forfeits to be declared at noon, the Ist of September. Age st 1131 Age at lb The Palmer 4 9 01Mariner 3 7 0 Mandrake ... 4 8 12 Blacklock ... .. .... 3 7 0 Achievement 4 8 12 The Sp y ... 3 6 12 Tyuedale ... 4 8 11 Clairon 3 6 12 Taraban ... 4 8 4 King of the Fairies 4 6 10 Westwick ... 58 4 Tympanum ... 36 10 Hippia ... 4 8 4 War ... ... 5 610 Dalesman " 5 8 3 Thalia . 5 6 8 Maid of Masham c. 4 8 3 Wild Briar ... 5 6 7 Silenus 48 2 Fakir ... ... 46 7 Auguste ... 4 8 1 Runic ... 3 6 6 Knight Errant ... 4 8 0 Minster Bell ... 4 6 5 Miss Sarah c 4 7 10 Redcap a 6 4 Fairwind ... 4 7 8 Nyanza ... 3 6 1 Romping Girl 4 7 6 La Belle Jeanne ... 3 6 0 Caithness ... ... 5 7 6 Bessie Dixon ... 3 6 0 Christmas Carol ... 6 7 6 Rel Tub ... ... 3 6 0 Fervacques 47 5 Deceit ... ... 4 6 0 The Corsair ... 5 7 4 Papillon 3 6 0 Ackworth ... a 7 4 Miss Osborne 3 5 12 Paul Jones ... 3 7 2 Seisura 3 5 12 Mercury ... ... 3 7 2 Happy Thought 3 512 Chelsea 3 7 2 Ajax ~. 3 5 11 Cap-a-Pie ... 3 7 2 Cotytto 3 5 10 Tabouret ... 37 1 Warrington ... 36 7 Stephen Langton.— 4 7 1 The Laird... ... 3 5 7 Birdseeker .. 3 7 1 Gomera... 6 pd Blueskin ... 37 0 Emigration ... spd Etoile Filante ... 5 7 0 Thorndyko 3 pd Mr. H. V. Wilkinson and Mr. Hobson are subscribers, but did not name. THURSDAY, Sept. 10. The Badminton Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared at the same time as the Great Yorkshire Handicap, with 100 added ; the winner of the Leam ington Stakes or the Great Yorkshire Handicap to carry 71b, of both of those stakes 101 b, or of any other race after Aug. 24, at 10 a.m., 41b extra. The owner of the second to save his stake. One mile. 35 subs. The Palmer Agest lb ... 4 9 3 ... 5 8 11 ... 6 8 6 ... 4 8 4 ... 3 8 4 ... 3 8 2 ... 4 8 1 ... 4 8 0 ... 4 7 13 3 7 12 ... 4 7 9 Age st lb Mariner ... 3 6 11. Mercury ... 3 6 10 Chelsea ... ... 3 610 Sweet Anne ... 5 6 10 Lady Henrietta 3 6 7 Fakir ... ... 4 6 7 Minster Bell ... 4 6 7 Rel Tub 4 6 3 Donaldbaiu ... 3 6 2 Stella ... 3 6 0 Sunstroke ... 3 5 12 Ritualist ... ... 3 5 12 La Belle Jeanne 3 5 10 Warrington ... 3 5 8 Cutyttu ... 3 5 7 The Returned ... 3 5 7 Papillon ... 3 5 7 Laneret Lozenge Silenui Grimstou harnwood Knight Errau t T ara ban ... Bom bastes Orion Van Aiuburgh Jasper Dick Turpin Grey Stocking See-Saw The Parson Micklock ... Clairon „.. ... 4 7 ... 4 7 3 ... 5 7 3 ... 3 7 2 -3 7 0 ...3 7 0 ...3 612 THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT THE MERSEY STEEL AND IRON WORKS.—Two more deaths of the sufferers by the explosion are reported, making seven in all, and it is feared others will not recover. Captain S. P. Townsend, R.N., and the Rev. W. Windle, rector of St. Stephen' s Walbrook, request us to. state that they were not passengers by the unfortunate Irish mail train on Thursday. CLERICAL APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. M. W. Mayow, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary's Church, West Brompton, has been instituted by the Bishop of Chichester to the rectory of South ileightott with the rectory of Tar ring Neyille, hear licwhATeri. EAST KENT HANDICAP. The East Kent Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added; winners of any handicap value 100 sovs after Aug. 13 (at ten a.m.) 71b, any other winner 31b extra; tho second to save his state. One mile and seven fur longs. 12 subs The Laird 1 Grand Duke Triana Eight ran. Laird disqualified. Grand Duke gets the stakes. BARHAM. DOWN STAKES. The Barham Down Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added for all ages; two year ohs Gat I.olb, throe Bst 71b, four 9st 21b, five and upwards 9st 41b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; if on t.A.od fur 30 sovs allowed 51b. Five furlongs. Redbreast Of 1 Red Riband Pharoah 3 HANDICAP PLATE. A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); any winner after Aug. 19 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; three-quarters of a mile. Amour Propre Ettrick Queeu Ebba Five ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—This DAT. ST LEGEIL 5 to 4 agst The Earl (offered) sto 1 agst King Alfred (taken) 7to 1 agst Viscount (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Typhoaus (offered) 40 to 1 agst Restitution (offered) CESAREWITCII. 1000 to 10 agst Ackworth (taken) 500 to 2 agst Wellow (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. AUGUST. Canterbury Great Yarmouth 25 Lichfield Derby Bummer I Weymouth SEPTEMBER. Baden Warwick September ... 1 Monmouth ..... l7 A.bingdou 3 Manchester I Leicester Doncaster September 8 Walsall I Brecon ll Edinburgh Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Royal Caledonian Hunt Kolso V: and Western M OCTOBER. Bedford 1 Sudbury and Ealing ... 15 I Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Harrow .. 27 Lanark ... B, Worcester Autumn...... 2i Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 1 Lincoln Autumn 2/ Cheltenham l3 I NOVEMBER. Liverpool Shrewsbury 3 I Leamington l7 9 STEEPLECHASES. OOTOBER. Bromley 1 I Ealing LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. IVAIt-OFFICE, AUG. 25. The Queen has been graciou s ly pl ease d t o g i ve or d ers • for the appointment of4Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Engineer-in- Chief of the Navy, and Deputy-Inspntor-General of Hospitals Saville Marriott Polly, of the Bombay Army, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Tnird Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. INDIA OFFICE, AUG. 24. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Major-General Edward Lechmere Russell, Bombay Army, Political Resident at Aden, to b 3 a Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India ; and Colonel William Lockver Merewether, 0.8. Bombay Staff Corps, Chief Commissioner in Sindb, and lately Political Residsnt at Aden, to be an Extra Knight Commander of the said Order. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to no minate and appoint Major James Augustus Grant, 0.8., Bengal Staff Corps, to be a Companion of the said Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Beres ford Primet, Esq., to be Auditor of Accounts of the West Africa Settlements. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 24. The undermentioned officers have this day been pro moted to.tha rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet : Mr. William Hopkins, Mr. John Watts, Mr. John William Nelson, Mr. Richard Selless Lee, and Mr. Ebenezer Ed win Lucas (Acting). COURSE OF EXCIIANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam. Do Rotterdam . ... 12 12 Autwarp 25 4U ... 25 45 BrussoLi ... 23 371 .:; 25 45 13 101 13 11 liamburgn Paris Ditto _ _ Bfra3eillos 25 35 ... z 5 40 2 40 Frankfort-on-the-Maia Vienna, Trieste 1201 ... 1201 ... 11 65 ... 11 70 ... 11 65 ... 11 70 Petersburg ... 311 ... 31} Copenhagen Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan. — ... 27 80 ... 27 90 Genoa Palornao,,,,,,,,emnwill "" ~ 27 80 ,4 27 90 f