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

MONII - 1 -- MARTiET A ND COMMERCIAL iNTZLLIGRNOB, CITY, Two o'CLOorc. The Bank return shows no very important change 31 0 principal one is in the private deposits, which are )Wer from sums being withdrawn to meet the re filirements of the harvest ; but this has been effected vithout producing any effect upon the reserve. The ;old also shows a reduction owing to harvest opera ions. The . following are the principal changes since tio preceding return : Decrease in Circulation --- £189,282 Increase in Public Deposits Decrease in other Deposits No change in amount of Government Securities. Increase in other Securities .. 830,109 Decrease in Bullion —... 112,633 Increase i n R est Decrease in Reserve Bullion in both Departments 9 2,964.651 Reserve of Notes and Coin Circulation, including . Bank Post Bills 24,827,273 The following is the official return of the cheques ,4 bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, July 29 : July 23, Thursday "' ... £9.640,000 July 24, Friday ... .. .. 9,579 000 July 25, Saturday.... .... 8,906,000 July 27, Monday 8,296,000 ... ... July 28, T uesday 9,494,000 .. ... J.nky 29, Wednesday ... ... 7. 870, 000 Total. •••; £53,785,000 Joint C. Pocock, Deputy -Inspector. Bankers' Clearing-house, July 30. /after allowing for the circumstance that Saturday was t holiday on the Stock Exchange, the week's total is unusually amall. At this time last year, when busi ness was likewise slack, the amount for the week was £60,685,000, which, however, included a Stock Ex shange settlement. Tile Funds are a little firmer. Consols are 941 to )4i for money and account ; New and Reduced, 341 to 94- ; India Five per Cents., 1142 to 1151 Ex-lie quer Bi lls, 153 to 193 prem.; Bank Stock, 246 to 248. There is also a rather better tone in Foreign Stocks a the subjoined prices :—Mexican, 15k to 152 ; Greek, 13 to 13i ; New Sp an i s h , 34 g to 311 ; Italian, 522 to Vs24;rol'us rkish' 39A to 392 ; Peruvian, 77i to 772; 711 to 712 ; Egyptian (1864), 83i to -4 k ; y ' , Honduras, 821 to 83,1;and United . States, 72 to 721. Atl antic and Gre a t W es t ern R a i lway De b entures %re firm, at 412 to 421 ; and the Consolidated Mort- Rage Bonds, at 411 to 42±. Otherwise there is no chancre in American Railways. Erie Shares are 43 to 44, kind Illinois 94/ to 942. • English Railways are still firm, but in one or two instances prices are a • shade -lower. Great estern, Brighto n , L on d on and North Western, South Eastern, and Midland are to lower. Great N or th erns h ave declined 1 per eent. " Prices are •:—Chatham, 20* . to 20i ; Cale donin)742 to 751 ; Metropolitan, 1151- to 1152 ; ti.l:l)reTteldi 43f toßrighton 532 to 54i ; Great .-: e stern, 51 to 5 1 / 1 ; Great &stern, 40 to 40i Northern, 105 to 106 ; ditto A, 102/ to ik i ° N• ; Lond on an d N orth Western, 116} to 1162 ; idl and, 105 k to 106 ; South Eastern, 762 to 77i ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire 130 to 1301. AWest Wisconsin Railway Bonds are 2 to 11 prem. . quiet busines s i s d o i ng i n B ank Shares. The Prices prem. :—Alliance, 10 to 9 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, ( 2_ttonaan, P2nt ; J to 71. Chartered Mercantile, 28 . 4- to 29k; Consolidated, 4/ to 5 ; Imperial 17 to 18 .; Imperial to 1 prem.; London and County, 52 to 44 ; London an d W estminster, 68 to 69 ; Oriental, to 45 ; the L on d on J o i nt -S tock, 32 i to 33 i ; and Union of London, 34 to 35k. loin Mines Shares, Rossa Grande are quoted Prem. • 4 - to • St• John del Rey, 19 to 20; Port Phillip, -„ 12 ; and Chontales, 2to 2i. A . tne market f or m i sce ll aneous shares i s steady.. inißle-A.merican Telegraph, 212 to 212 ; Atlantic Western 'MAm M 8 per Cent., 41- to 4± ; Atlantic and Great 2 e ortgage Bonds, 412 to 42i ; Credit Foncier, 13-16ths to 2 15-16ths ; Fore-street 'Warehouse, 1 row. ; General Credit, 2± to 2 dis. : Hudson's (1 137., 15 2 to 15g- ; International Finance, 12 to 1i •,:a• ; London Finance, 25 to 23 dis. ; Lombard enetian Railway, 16 to 16*; London General L' us~l2 to 2 ; Lu xem b ourg , 122 t o 12i ; N a ti on al IScount, 111 to 12i • Ocean Marine, 14i to 15it prem. ; and Thames and Mersey, 4} to 5. 0 _ imicrs he foll ow i ng i s Messrs. Mocatta and G ld b u l l ion circular :—" The demand for Mexican dollars China has now subsided, and no transactions aVe tak en p l ace for the last week or ten days. Thus w -though it is not expected that many dollars will be r eceived f or th e present, in all probability the price will relapse to the ra t e a t w hi c h t h ey can b e used for refining Bar silver is flat, at Wild, with but little cluing. All descriptions of gold are in good demand, and were not the market well supplied, no doubt there would be withdrawals from the Bank to some tent. The rm)unts shortly expected from Austra :la exceed a million sterling, and large sums continue ) be received from the United States." The following has been issue.' this morning by the of Enctland :—" Notice is hereby given, that la order to prepare the dividends due on the 10th ta''' l )Pr, 1868, the balances of the several accounts in ue s Foods will be struck on the night of the Ist September, 1868, viz.:—New £3 l e ' Cent. Annuities, Reduced ..£3 per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for Thirty Years, Annuities for Terms cf ( L ea r% and I n di a £ 4 per C ent. S toc k % On Wednes -1,!, the 2nd September, the above-named Funds will transferable without the dividend duo on the 10th u le pber next. Bank stock : Shut, Wednesday, September ; open, Monday, 12th October." • £l 6 ° nue of the recent considerable arrivals of specie, th e ' ll ° °, in bar gold was yesterday withdrawn from T Jatr for export. report Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company's I,le recommends a dividend of 8s per share on the A er d e.nea and as per share on the ordinary capital. cent . I , vide nd for the past year, at the rate of . 20 per , • ver nonL,l„kiun, is announced by the Birmingham ng Com • • The (Li tn i t "lvial liquidator of the Merahant Company plyab,e), announces a dividend of 6s in the pound, d eria __Le„ on the. sth August. On the same day a divi- In;,"ll(l:ll:„.ill23lliostePlacy,oaibulpeltnoy.the creditors of the Rich tQbeei(,,,,.4tuido.uspiclivnesr o m f in tl i i i e w bonds of the Great Republic eitnintg Company of Virginia, due on 8 not having been met, it is proposed fo to consider the course to be taken. 1.1:1011110,tiher mission is about to be dispatched to the re!i il , ll `e of Venezuela, with a view of obtaining the „ tv Ption of dividends on the Ilan of 1864. Rtmc'eppension is announced of a jobber in the Metr o xch ange who bad been speculating for a fall err politan. 1 1;11 8 1 1i.‘ t, lents have been cranpleted for the entire 4g e "g f the-New Lisbon Railroad, which, though q t l _ r _ it te organisation from the Atlantic and Great tin at ‘ `' s ril, still, when finished, will form a very impor- Ismituir,raneb, and afford a large traffic to the main road, y et t' ci s it does into ono of the finest beds of coal laetory eovered, and easily wined It is very satis lue 40 to know that so able a mamas Mr. Jones (who 13, 1 4 Pears has Do 7 la the been connected with Mr. Crawshay I st ti) g out t prosecution of his large coal enterprise) co al Li s superintend the construction of this t ra , on Railroad, and generally to promote the Th e 7'9 of the Atlantic and Great Western. Atigust.44ondon co l onial sales are fixed for the 13th offered Ab out Ab out 2 10,000 bales are expected to be 4rnee.ariY all of which have arrived. The quan ietia ~—Sy duey and Queensland, 54,714 bales ; ' i'0,920 bales ; Adelaide, 9,628 bales 4 Sa nta , 8 47 a i)e, 1 8 ' 7 bales ; New Zealand, 39,058 bales a It i a 11 319 bales. 4 a noti llee T/ expected that the French Loan will be 01 11 e ` l ._ on the 4th of August. though there are ,3.1,e,..;'? believe all the preliminaries cannot be `Leeifee.l.DOforo the Bth. It does not appear to be if 4i y et Whether it shall consist of 3 per nobcent 'l.4lll9p'"' cent. stock. At all events it has i „ BRlTisa PIJNDS—CLOSING "ol'Ertx - r 'DS $„ r . SIENT UN . 941 I I I, Cent. Consols PRICES. kler. uuto for Account, Aug. 6 Cleat. Reduced 941 1 t I 1 '4 % ! n a Per Cent ..................... . _ 94 i 1 Do 1 Per Cent, An. 1894 o, 4 2.44itiel:eraent. °an: 1.8.. t 3 h Jan., 1880. -- o. for, yrTar,se' e p x i p r i e re sth April 885 — 141)? °led Sea Tllef„,raph), ug” "08- 1 - 7 14 P .9110(111er Rills, 4 1,000, 2 per Lt Do. , Do . .. 4 t5lOOOO & ..... l3 17 12,01Englandz Stock 4iper Cent i 1,,,t,7"1t ............... ._ E . .. 17..aiTes. Ilrli tt ~0 ; .-TOPERNMENT 6 . 11874 ~ 11 b o. '°A , ek t 101 per Cent April D o 'Petung, for Account p • . leer Ueut..luly, 1830 .............. 115 141 nno •: ell .. c • (/' 4 Pe•• 0 t 0 t 1888 „?.• -ertl eat es Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent — `l.• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 5i per Cent., May 1879 ..... . per Cent, Rule Deb. 187/ — Dodo.- 1877 1 ., D o ~.,, • do. 1882 — 1031 • ~ 5 per Cent., Aug. 1878 pla n o. tonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO pm °' and 41.000 ........................ ____ S. At t°IIEIGN PUND—CLOSING PRIC.L6 el"lleilitalill , n epulir,, 6 per Ceni..._ . ••••.• 73 isr kziii nide o per Cont. 1809 _ 63 1 -, , 4 , 0 per 'Cent u rt o /1 P?::: Cent., 1852 _..- 1)no. `ii • 1858.... ‘, t 0 o. 18 ;1• ....... , o. perbent 11888653 -- t., .............. "'" 1 . 1 4 ....... „,„: ..... .„ ...... , .11121111 ....... ~r~. Ay 30. 1 Louise, naoruing, Louis of )1).3 pre- Any, ac- George, TER. E the day ima from produced ersatility o doubt, ;man has lugh his evidences tncertain ithin his doubt Lent that devoted evening er before Disraeli. ;ood, and , ae actiug ;ss been narkablo 3 URN. opening r 's Maga f papers tale and ;on, then . ;he proud retiinei , long ad ior, and, n maiden authors He sent ' writing , [0:1 giving ie letter, acknow - o name II happene d ing Eng is invita- crow Was mien sa ccasion—' her, Mr' evidentlf 'ely .em, we r ° ate friend an even iovv, both converSa" t, and the r. After cc Who is blest ovn r &Wa in ; ter; al" honour s n." The or gossiP, relists an ther solve cure me° l she State' Eng l an d I State fc'AAlin r ; an occasi ° er of the the 'De l ' of a Cc': i „, p ressic: I „lot i t Th e 0 1) - t ° an be ef 3687 ba sh CI 't,i' iSh 5 0 ,11 3 0 r ° ., 0 *VO l l' . Ce osP o ver) c0 11..' over I ' lB lA c. • o st aver the ° t Ind the „ is li f e s n oatt 01 , 2 11_ xeati e d, itiog tr oP" o vi° t lie Ll° ro to Is $ o nsu e rte r of "9 i t. cier uo to on tar Cole -surbth, 3t t o ss if tri° n - t , 1e s e t r i Aort,] B -.et os _lyres 6 per Cent — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ('uba, 6per Cent. C ..iitan 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent., B ... Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cont., 1866 — Do., Scrip £32 paid C nthisn, 6 per Cent. -- D mist' . 3 per Cent., 1325 D .oubiati Principalities, 7 I..er Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. 786 . 'quador New Consolidated, 1 per Ceti'. 4 4yptian, 7 per Cent — Do. Se(oud issue Do. .£5OO • ••• 500 Bonds Do. LIOC Bonds — Do. 1861 Do. Account Da £5 lu Bonds B4} Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 87f 61 Government Railway Debentures .... Grown sper Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — l)o. Account Do. Coupon- Do. Account Gultoinala ii per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p.. Ct., £25 p 83 It .iian 5 pei ( - cr. t., 1465 — .)o. Account ~. 741 D -. Nlarerumsna itaiway — 11 ~,ar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1861 — Da : nor Cent. Anglo-French — 4out,-videau 6 per Cent. . — iovri6h imperial 5 per Cent N.' e w Granada — Do 3 per Cen .. — Do. Deferred - Do Laini Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account .. 77 1 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarre n ) ••• Do 41 per Cent.. 1162 - Do Account Po-tsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2.'1 39 Do. do. 1. - 67 — Do. do. Sc. ip, £2O paid — Bassian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St — Do 4/ por Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., ; 93i Do. do. £B4 15s. do. ~ 89 Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 931 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Po Nicolas Railway — Sar linia,n, n per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... — Do. Accffunt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do.. New Deferreu — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Accinnt Do. Coln. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Tur ,ish 6 per Cent. Uo Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds ... 65f Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6l} 1 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Dividends on the anove payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 . 1 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, Dv AC - cOunt French Relates, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M. It%liar. 5 per Cont. 1851, Ez. 25i. Do. Account s2* CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 941 I Do. Account, Aug. 6 THE UNITED LAND COMPANY, LIMITED. THIS DIY. The first general meeting of the shareholders was held this day at the Norfolk-street offices, Viscount Ranelagh presiding. The secretary, 11Ir. C. L. Gruneisen, having read the advertisement convening the'meeting, the subjoined report of the directors was read : "The articles cf association specifying that the first general meeting of the United Land Company, Limited, shall be held within four calendar months after a memorandum of association is registered, the directors have the pleasure to submit the first report to the shareholders, although the business is neces sarily only formal. " The short period which has elapsed since the formation of the company has been fully occupied in the organisation of the offices for public business, and the directors hairs the satisfaction of stating that everything is in working order. "The Directors have elected as first auditors of the Company, in accordance with articles of asso ciation, Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, an :1 Evans, 2ccountants and public auditors, of 3, Cole man-street-buildings, City, E.C. " The attention of the directors has been unceas ingly devoted to the acquisition of eligible proper ties, and they have bes:Ll alrea ly furtinate eno.i.gh to secure two highly eligible estates in East Surrey and Middlesex. Due notice will be given when . these two estates can be offered for sale. Ocher properties in various counties are under considera tion. " At Michaelmas the agreemententered into with the Conservative Land Society for the purchase of the unsold portions of its estates in twenty-six counties will be carried out, and the land opera tions of the old Society will then be exclusively transacted by the Unit....d Land Company, Limited, whilst the Society's business will be restricted to the share and advance department under its certified rules. " The directors of the United Land Company Limited, are deeply iniebtel to the members of the Conservative Laud Society for the readiness with which they have taken up the shares of the new company ; the first allotment of which has been satisfactory. The directors in due course will make the second allotment, the shareholders of the Con servative Land Society having the preference as before, the liability in both cases being limited to the amount of the shares taken. " The directors of the Unite 1 lAnd Company, Limited, will use their best exertions to carry out the new company with energy and economy in the management, and they look forward to the Com bined action of the parent Society and the newly formed Company as tending to advance the prospects and position of both associations. (Signed) " RANELAGH, Chairman. (Countersigned) " CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Registered Offlees of the United Land Company, Limited, 33, Norfolk-street, and 11, Ilaward-street, IV.C. Loudon, July 31, 1868." [Left sitting.] ITALY. FLORENCE, July 31.. The report of the Committee on the Tobacco Convention which was formally pres;:nted to the Chambers on Sunday has not yet been distributed among the Deputies. Several fresh modifications have been made in it during the week. The Opinions states that the question of the re• venue to be guaranteed to the Government in 1869 and 1870 will be settled by a jury of four persons, two nominated by the contractors, and two by the Government, under the presidency of Count Cam bray Digny, Minister of Finance. BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, July 31. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta arrived at 8.40 a.m. to-day. Mails leave at 11.30 am. 111.4RKE7 S-7 MS DAY, The weather continues fine and the harvest progressing rapidly. The sales continues to wear a tone of depression, and most of the country markets was lower. At Mark-lane the fresh supply of English grain wa 'mall, and held for Monday's rates, but the offers were 2s less, and but little was done. Foreign wheat was in moderate supply, and former rates ..vere asked, but in some instances easier rates were taken. Flour remained without quotable change. Barley, beang, peas, and oats same as on Monday. OLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. Sugar.— The market is steady with a fair demand for both lmded and floating parcels. Coffee—There is only a moderate inquiry, but, so far, steady rates have been p a id. _ _ Tea—Only a limited business is passing, but rates are unchanged. Rice is more freely offered on the spot, and rates are again lower. For arrival the market for soft grain con_ dunes stead, VI L I SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ENE No, JULY 31, 186 S. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHARES AND STCCKS. bare • Railways. rid ) Closing ri losing ' 13usiness 13e. dine. 8:istol and Eieter Caledonian Udall Mail Cork and 8and0n...... torn wall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„L'erth,& Ab.Junc E.London, scrip Cr: DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord.stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North 01 Scotlanei Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stuck Do. New, is. at 25 pm fitS. and W. 01 Ireland Gt. Western —Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. slid.—Oxiore Do. Newport vo. Lancashire lorksuir, L.indon and Blackwal , Lon., Brigti.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and DJVCI Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & „North IV esters 1.,11. A South Westet, Man., jhei.. & Linuoit. ,i,tropoll Do. New Do. Exteli., ion Aletruyolitan Do. du. do. Do. and Do. .0 Share Do, Binuin.. & Dsrb: did Kent .. North British ...... Do. Ed., rth., & Dun. N th. Eastern -- Berwic:, Do. ti.N•E purchase. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock.. .Si Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London . Do. do. 186* 5 Do. do. 1866 . .'forth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E Aber. stuck DO. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union iouttt Devon iouth Eastern itatues, Wok., & Wok l'aif Vale Do. C V ale o/ Lsfech Wateriord & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitelia 1 Nest Cornwall 82 7A 7 i 20 3u ;64 i 3 4 75 77 70 72 95 96 4 104 S V 15 6 106 107 103 t.:•J 123 126 97 93 511 511 63 b 3 28 83 28 34 in, 3 534 S 4 20 2). 1,04 117.1 91 03 S 3 14 at 2) 4' tj at Iti i. 3 ii 6,1 itli :oa 73 75 ico it.o 100 100 100 16.13.4 B 6 353 100 ICO ILO all 100 Lal./..NLA.L. 430 lettLl :A Nat: au,:, BMW) Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 81, 1872.... ICtui.Gov.6 p.0.Ja.43; J uly 1877-81 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. a. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jau. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape (x.l.lope, 6 p.c.1873 Du.Apl.&ool. 1890-1100 U Do. do 186 U-9,, Do. Jan.&July, 18904 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900._ s'ej lon, Nov 1878, 8 p. Do. 1872, do Uaurltiuts, 6 p. o, 187:1, Jan. and July Do. 1: 4 78 .. llo.1188t: Natal 6 per cent.. N , B.Gov.6p,o.Ja,&.luiy N. S. V. Gov.s p•c.,1866, Do. 5 p.o. 18;1 to 187 o; Do. 5 p.o. 1888 t o 1 8V 6' New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova Sootia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 C/dm:Leland Gov. 6 p. Aus.Gov. 6 pupward s .c. 15884 Do. 1878 Vie Uov. 6 p. & c. Jai &July Do. do, a prit& 40 :91 401 146; 101,5 54 I WI I 43i i liii vi 100 I 91 133; 77} I iCBI I 131 IC2T 1011 2i I I'L t ~. 1C4.1 31 4 921 11 1051 PROROGATION PARLI A 3/ E N T. THIS DAY. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Parliament was prorogued this d.►y, by Com mission. The Speaker, attended by the Serjeant-at-Arms and other officers, and accompanied by several metubcrs of the Lower house, appeared at the bar of the louse of Lords. The Royal assent having been pronounce 1 in re. spect of several Bills, The Royal Message was read by the Lard Chau ccllor, as folows MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I am happy to b.: ena')led to release you from your labour:7, and to offer you my acknowledgments for the diligence with which you have applied your selves to your Parliamentary duties. My relations with foreign Powers remain friendly E and satisfactory. I h ave no reason to appre h en d that urope will ba exposed to the calamity of war, and my policy w ill cont i nue t i b a di rec t e d to secure the blessings of peace. I announced to you at the beginning of this ses sion that I bad directed an expedition to be sent to Abyssinia to liberate my envoy, and others of my subjects, detained by the ruler of that country in an unjust captivity. I feel sure that you will Share in my sAtisfaction at the complete success which has attended that expedition. After a march of 400 miles, through a difficult and unexplored country, my troops took the strong place of Magdala, freed the clptives, and vindicated the honour of my Crown; and by their immediate return, without one act of op pression or needless violence, prove' that the ex pedition had been undertaken only in obedience to the claims of humanity, and in fulfilment of the highest duties of my sovereignty. The cessation of the long-continued efforts to promote rebellion in Ireland has for some time ren dered unnecessary the exercise by the Executive of exceptional powers. I rejoice to learn that no person is now detained under the provisions of the Act for the suspension of the habeas corpus, and that no prisoner awaits, trial in Ireland for an offence connected with the Fenian conspiracy. GENTLEMEN OF TLIE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have to thank you for the liberal supplies which you have voted for the public service. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, 1 have had much satisfaction in giving my assent to a series of measures completing the great work of the amendment of the representation of the people in Parliament, which has engaged your attention for two Sessions. I have seen with satisfaction that the time neces sarily occupied by this comprehensive subject has not prevented you dealing with other questions of great public interest, and I have gladly given my sanction to bills for the better government of public schools, the regulution of railways, the amendment of the law relating to British sea fisheries, and for the acquisition and maintenance of electric telegraphs by the Post master- General ; and to several important measures having for their object the improvement of the law, and of the civil and criminal procedures iu Scotland. By the appointment of a comptroller-in-Chief in the War Office a considerable reform in Army administration has been commenced, which, by combining at home and abroad the various depart ments of military supply under one authority, will conduce to greater economy ani efficiency both in peace and war. It is my intention to dissolve the present Parlia ment at the earliest day that will enable my people to reap the benefit of the extended system of repre sentation which the wisdotn of Parliament has pro vided for them. I look with entire confidence to their proving themselves worthy of the high privi lege with which they have thus been invested ; and I trust that, under the blessing of Divine Provi dence, the expression of their opinion on those great questions of public policy which have occupied the attention of Parliament and remain undecided may tend to maintain unimpaired that civil and religious freedom which hat been secured to all my subjects by the institutions and settlement of my realm. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAl'. MARLBOROITGII-STREEL A GANG OF BEGGARS.—AIfred Reynolds, James Casey, Michael Cunningham and John Kelly, all rough, powerful-looking fellows, were charged be fore Mr. Knox with b egg i ng . Police - constable Gord o n, 33 C, said that shortly after 12 o'clock l ast night he was on duty in Lei cester-square, when he saw the prisoners—two of them, Kelly and Cunningham, were drunk—beg ging of eve r y one they met, and two females com plained that th e prisoners had begged of them and . that they could not get rid of them, and appeared very much frightened. Inspector Stead, C division, said that Kelly and Cunningham were charged at that court the week b_fore last, with a man named Murphy, with begging. able-bodied m en Mr. Kuox sa id i t was a sean d a l ius thing to see going about bogging. Oue of the prisoners asked what they w.re to do? ini!tA Rey no ld s Mr. Knox t o ld them not to get d run k, and corn the other p r i soners for two nyint h.; c . t ch with h ar d labour. and Casey for a moutli each, and • RAILIVAY INJELLIGEIvCE. LONDON, BP.IGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the International Hotel, London-blidge Station; Mr. S. Laing, M P., in the chair. Mr. Searle, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an a')stract of which appeared in the. 7iincs, was taken as read. Thz CnamtaN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it would not be nec.Mary for him to detain them at any length, as the position of the company was now simple and straightforward. The capital account had been practically close 1. The enormous mass of liability which pressed upon the company last year had now been got rid of, or had been reduced within manageable limits. The largest portion of it was for liabi lities in connexion with lines in progress or in course of being wound up. lie was glad to say that the borrowing powers, as delinel by a recent Act, would be ample for meeting all the lia bilities of the conipay. As far as the directors could sec, there would be no necessity for issuil,. any portion of the £1,000,000 of additional ordi nary stook authorized by the Act of 1868. (Hear, hear.) lie had explained on a former occasion that it was necessary to ask for that power, because they were not certain up to the last moment that Parliament would sanction the full amount of de benture power. It was well known that private bill legislation was very different from legislation on public bills. In the latter case they had three estates of the realm —the Queen, the Lords, and the Commons—to deal with, whereas in private bill legislation they had the Queen, 12' rds, Com mons, and Lord Redesdale—(hear, hear)—and they could not feel sure that Lord gedesdale would not prevent them in some way from getting their full debenture power. They all knew that objections had been raised which were only got over with great difficulty. If the debenture power, in stead of being £590,000, were only for £300,000, there would have been a deficiency of more than £200,000 Off that•head, it being necessary to make provision for the outside possible liability in respect of the Surrey and Sussex and Chichester and Mid hurst lines. But arrangements had been made by which those luestions had been referred to the ar bitration of the Duke of Richmond, and the result of that reference had been to enable them to make a settlement of the remaining claims, which so far reduced the outride possible liabilities by more thaa £lOO,OOO. The outside liabilities, therefore, instead of being £275,000, would not be more than £175,000, even if the award of the Duke of Richmond were to be entirely against them, which he certainly did IRA anticipate ; so that, between the debenture power and the saving under the Surrey and Sussex and other arrangements, it made a difference of about £300,000; but of course they were obliged to make : provision to meet all possible contingencies. As the matter now stood they believed allliabilities would be covered by the company's debenture powers, so that they might dismiss from their minds any apprehen sion as to the issue of £1,003,000 ordinary stock at a discount. In addition to the provision made for capital, there still remained considerable surplus lands to dispose of, and out of those they had suc ceeded in making an important purchase for the company of the International Hotel, close to the station, for 30,000 guineas, the property having cost about £147,000, and from the position of the hotel it might be essential to the railway company at any time; and he believed it could not have been purchased compulsorily for less than £lOO,OOO. The revenue account showed that the gross receipts for the past year had been £1,295,000, and the expen diture for the past half-year was now reduced to £311,000, and of course for the current half year the expenses would be more —say about £703,000 for the year, which, deducted from the £1,295,000, would leave about £600,000 of net re venue. The total preference and debenture charges amounted to £560,000, leaving a small balance of about £20,003 towards ordinary dividend. The or Unary dividend of the company must entirely de pend upon thr:e sources— the opening of the new lines, the increase of fares, and the reduction of ex puditure. The South Loudon and Sutton line would be opened in September, and might be con sidered similar for traffic to the Croydon line, and therefore ought after a short time to become pro ductive. The small increase in the fares would come into operation on the Ist of August, the effect of which would be to give the company an iacreme of 12 per cent. on first and second class fares. He thought it would give them some addition to the receipts, and as the normal increase of traffic on all the lines was about £60,000 or £70,033 p.r annum they would have some thing to look forward to for ordinary dividenl ; but they must not be too sanguine ou this account during the present year, as the very great heat of the weather and the depression of trade would still affect their pleasure traffic to some extent, and tend to check the, return of that buoyancy which existed in their traffic previous to the panic of 1866. What ever the result of the present half-year's working might be, the increase, he thought, would be shown in the net profits. As the gross tratlic on the line increased they would be able to keep down the percentage of expenses, and he trusted the result would be to augment the amount available for the ordinary dividend. (Hear, hear.) With respect to r the Working U n i on Bil l, it had been withdrawn. (A voice —" Glad to hear it.") The Bid was with drawn in consequence of the Committee of th..: House of L)rds insisting upo the condition of limit ing the tolls over the whole of the lines to the maxi mum of the tariff sanctioned for the Brighten Company. The South-Eastern Company did nut see their way clear unl r such coalitions, and therefore, with the cmcarreace of the other coal ' pany, the IVorkiug Union 13.11 was withdrawn. He wished to correct an error iu the report which stated that the I rineiples of a working union had been unanimously sanctione I by ceannittees of both houses ; it should have been " unanimously by the Committee of the House of Commons, and by the majority of the Committe of the House of Lords." The bill having been thus disposed of, it would be useless to revive a discussion upon it. The board held the same opinion as before of the advantages of a working union. The agreement had now fallen to the ground ; but it might be revived if they saw a fair chance of obtaining acceptable conditions in Parliament. On the other hand, he did not think they should keep things in suspense as to their own internal arrangements; should the negotiations be resumed the shareholders would have a fair oppor tunity of considering any arrangement that might be come to, and of expressing their opinions, as they had done in the past. (Hear.) Mr. J. LEVY, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion fur the adoption of the report. Mr. SaaruDA moved, as an amendment, " That the £5,500 credit() Ito the solicitors of the company, and include 1 in the Parliamentary expenses, and the expense (.£120) of the proxies sent out on the occasion of the meeting held in February last be expunged from the accounts." He did not raise the slightest objection to the legal proceedings against the old directors in respect of the Surrey and Sussex line. No one felt more than he That blame was attachable to the former Board for the insane pro ceedings which had brought the company to the brink of. ruin. (Hear, hear.) He thought it would have been better in the first instance to have offered to submit the matter to arbitration, and, if refused, then to have filed their Bill. He had told the pro prietors on a former occasion that they would find their working expenses nearer 50 per cant. than GO per cent , and that they would not require to raise any portion of Ithe £1,000,000 of additional ordi nary stock now sanctioned in the Act, 1868. Mr. FILDER seconded the amendment. He was glad that Parliament had not sanctioned what he considered a most unfair agreement for the Brighton Company. He alleged that the directors had acted more in the interests of the South-Eastern than in those of the Brighton Company with reference to the Working Union Bill. (Cries of " Time, time!") The working expenses were now brought down to 53 per cent., and he had no doubt they would be lower. Mr. C. LEGG said ho had expressed au opinion at a former meeting that the proposed agreement was against the interests of the Brighten Company. The working expenditure on the Brighton had been reduced from 75 to 55 per cent., and the.) were told that the proportion might be still further re lured when the traffic increase'. He hoped the directors would not cuter into working agreements with other companies until their ling was brought under a good and caunomical sy - ste:n of management. Ha be lieved, if they weat steadily en, that in the courst• of two years they would have Circa or four per cent. dividend. After some. further discussion, the report was adopted, and Vie proceedings terminated. FIRE AT GREENIVICII-7 111 S DAY. Whilst the fire in Finsbury was raging, ano'.ller one, which unfortunately was attended with great lugs of property, took place in the premises belong ing to Mr. F. M. Argars, licensed victualler, known as the Wheatsheaf Tavern, No. 11, Church street, Greenwich. Th: flumes originated from some unknown cause in the bar, and idmited the barrels and spirit casks, an I Mir,: any attenpt could be made to reach the seat of the th e 11 1 „,, e , rolled up the staircases and ignited nearly a d -zen rooms: The inmates fortunately succee led in reaching the street in safcy. Nainerots engines of the Metropolitan Brigade, including two lAnd steatnets by Stand, M tson, and C promptly attended, and the nument water was obtained the firemen went to work in first-rate style, but they were unable to get the coufl tgration extinguished until the premises and the valuable contents were nearly destroyed. The origin of this fire is also un known. Mr. Argars was fortunately insured in the Phoenix -fire-office. OPENING OF THE THAMES EMBANK- MEN 7. The Thames Embankment between Westminster bridge and the Temple is now complete, and was yestLrday formally thrown open to the public. About 350 ladies and gentlemen assembled at half past eleven o'clock at the north pier of Westmin ster-bridge for the purpose of witnessing the opening of the footway. Amongst those present were Sir John Thwaites, Lord J. Manners, M.P., Lord Ebury, Right lion. F. IV. Cowper, M.P., Mr. Tite, M.P., Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Colonel Hogg, M.P., Alder man Salomons, 111,1 3 ., the Lord Mayor, Mr. Lowman Taylor, Mr. Collison and Mr. De Brun (members of the board), Mr. Fur ness and Mr. 11. Harrison (contractors), Mr. Bazalgette (engineer of the works), Mr. Humber, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, &c. This party proceeded along the footway, which was railed off from where the workmen are still employed, to the Temple, where Sir John Thwaites was met by Mr. Anderson, Q.C., who, on behalf of the benchers of the Middle Temple, congratulated Sir John on the success of the embankment. At a given signal, several shots were fired, and Sir John Thwaites declared the footway open. The visitors, as they proceeded down the footway, stayed to admire the gangways and piers, and expressed themselves highly pleased with the prospect of in future being able to alight on a spacious " dummy" without the horror in prospect of haying to climb those wooden bridges that might try the sureness of a foot of a mule after all the practice of the Abys sinian campaign. It is easy to realise what a beautiful walk this footway will be, with a purified river on one side, and on the other well laid-out gardens, with their breadths of ,turf, and vases and beds of flowers, and long-winding walks ; and, as we would fain suggest, successive fountai As. The con tract from Westminster to Waterloo Bridge was un dertaken in the first instance by Mr. G. Furness, and completed by Messrs. Brassey, Ogilvie, and Harri son ; that east of Waterloo to the Temple by Mr. Webster, to whom that from the Tempt: to Black friars has recently been let by contract, a-id which will be completed simultaneously with the new street between Blackfriars and the Mansion House. Mr. Webster is also c nupleting the continuation of the southern embankment front Lambeth Palace to Vauxhall. The length of the - embankment from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars-bridge is 6,610 feet, and the cost as tendered fur £875,000. The cost of the contract fro.n Westminster-bridge on the southern side, up as far as Vauxhall, is £309,000, the length of the new roadway being 5,000 ft., and its width 60ft. The com pany having embarke I on board a couple of steamers, proceeded to the North Woolwich pier, near to which a train was in waiting, which conveyed them to the Abbey Milk Pumping. Station of the Main Drainage Works of Len don. . The building is shaped like a cross, in the middle there being a kind of dome or cupola. There are eight engines, each of 142 horse power, two of which aro ar ranged length-wise and parallel in each arm of the building, which are protected by iron raiings mounted with polished mahogany. The pumps at the Abbey Mills lift the sewage of Acton, II untmrstnitb, Fulham, Shepherd's Bush, Kensington, Brompton, Pimlico, Westminster, the City, Whitechapel, Stepney, Mile-eud, Wapping, Litnehouee, Bow, and Poplar, representing an area of 23 saner° miles, a height of 36ft. from the low level to the high level sewers, where it will flow on by the side of the high level gravitating sewers to the northern or B Irking outf all, where it is c irried off with , ut the aid of pumps. The maximum quanti•y of sewage and rainfall which it is es'imated the engi.ies in Abbey Mills will have to lift is 15,000 cubic feet per minute. The sewage which is brought into the pump-well Ilona the low level sewer is, before admission, strained of " any extraneous matter" which would either not .pa s through or be detri mental to the pump valves, by ineaas of cages of wrought-iron bars. From the sewage well the water, hating been lifted through rectangular cast-iron pipes, is forced through cast-iron cylinders, six feet in diameter, into an air vessel in the centre of the buil Hng, where it is forced through a cylinder ten feet in diameter, and then having passed through another cylinder ten feet six inches in diameter, is carried into the outfall S2.ver and so discharged. Already the utilisation t.f the sewage his com mence 1, and a Linn of 2.50 acres at B irking has been irrigated therewith, and grass and root crops and fruit . raised in luxurious abundance. An elegant luncheon was served at three o'clock in a spacious marquee, Sir John Thwaites presiding. Luncheon being over the usual loyal toasts were drunk with enthusiasm. The chairman then pro posed " The health of the House of Lords," which was responded to by Lord Ebury, and was in its turn followed by that of the House of Com mons. Lord John Manners, in responding, said the House of Commons coul 1, at any rate, boast of having had something to do with carrying out this great work, and he felt that. in lookiig at so great an undertaking, brought to a successful issue, the lines of Pope naturally suggested them selves— " Such blessings poace to happy Britain brings, These are imperial works, and worthy kings." Lord John Manners then proposed the health of the chairman, at the same time paying him a high compliment for engineering skill. Sir John Thwaitcs, in responding, reminded the visitors of the hot season, and yet how little of un pleasantness had been experienced from the Thames as compared with former years, and, amid loud cheers; pointed out that in London the state of health was better by five per cent. than the average in the whole country. At this moment it might be contrasted with any city in the kingdom. The engineering difficulties had been very great, but they had all been overcome. The other toasts given were " The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Council," " The health of Mr. Bazalgette," proposed by Mr. Tite, and " The Contractors," proposed by Mr. Ayrton, and responded to by Mr. Webster ; the toast of " The Ladies" finishing this part of the proceedings. During luncheon an excellent band played at intervals, and after the toasts there was a concert, in which the Sisters Doris, Mis 3 Helene D'Alton, Mr. Vernon Rigby, and Mr. Renwick sang several popular glees and sAections. At six o'clock the train left foi Woolwich, where the party found two steamers ready to convey them to London. 'V I iLD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CL)oK. NOTICE. The Third E lition of " The Sun" of last Everting, con taining the Latest Betting as I Illces at Goodwood, w a s published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day. GOOWOOD RACES—T[I's DAT., • (BY ELECTRIC TELEIR.IPII.) NASSAU STAKES. T.'ae Nassau St :kcs of 5) says each subscription, for three Sr old Mlle., Bst 101'.); the winner of a two Sr old stake of 2113 valuo of s'lo sovs 31b, of ouo of 1,000 51b, or the D.Tby or 0.11c.s 71b extra; w.,ig . )ts not accumulative ; second to reco:v_ 1.03 soya out of the staked ; ouo mac ; 2.; subs. Leonia 1 A 11,.,att Vat ue Four ran. STR,AFFORD S CAKES. The S!r.,ff ,rd S.akes of 20 eov.; each , la ft, for t yo ,r olds ; colts Bst 101, lilies 8A 71b; winners of sova 31b, 500 71b extra; ponaldes accumulativ,s up to 15:b; maidens at starting all .wed 3:b. T.Y.C. 11 subs. Stronib Ali Good Hope DUKE OF RICHMOND'S PLATE. The Duke of Richmond's Plate (HAndicap) of 100 sovs for * three Scar olds and upwards. New Mile. Vespasian Xi Courtier Eight ran. CHESTERFIELD CUP. 3 The Chesterfield Cup (Handicap) value 300 sovs, by sul , - scripsion of 15 sovs each ; winners of the Goodwood Stakes, the Goodwood Cup, or Stewards' Cup at Good wood, or any handicap value 200 sovs after July 23 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of any smaller handicap 41b extra. Craven Course. 60 subs. C hare wood The Palmer Mercury T wcnty-three ran. NURSERY STAKES. The Nursery Stakes (Ilandicap) of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 10J added, for two year olds; wino re of the thin, Lavant, Findon, Molecouib, or Bantiuck Memorial Stakes 6;17., of any two of those races Olb extra. Lest mile. 44 subs. Crown Princess , 1 Dryad Alpenstock Fifteen ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. The Queen's Plate of 100 gs ; three year olds 7st 91b, four 9st 71b, five lOst 21b, sfx and aged lOst 51b; about three miles five furlonss. 1 Miss Gratwicke - 2 BRITISH rOSSES Atlantic ,t St. La wrencc Rom., Barod,►, s Cen.ln. gu. b per cunt... Do. I' enarea ituflato & Lake iluron 1)u. Preference B utt., Br au t, & tioderichl 6 p.c. Qaloutta & S. E., lint , ,al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p arit Bengal, gu., 5 do' kast ludiau, gu. 5 p.c. bo. J Extension 'rand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bongs Du. do. deterred I Do. 3d Pref. stook I Do. do. deferred Do. Ith Pref. stook . Do. do. deterred .... J t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. 00. New gtia. 5 p. c.. t.Souttk of India ...... gua. 5 per oent D.,. 41 per cent To •4reat Wee. of Canada..l DJ. New Jo. 6p. o IJ (.. pay. 1873 Jo. 54 dv. pay. 1877-8.. dadras, gua. 6 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extensiou tielb. Cot 6 p. c. Bnds. I Mel. Ilubsor's Bay.. Rl.C'da,6po Ist pt.bs Dude & iihillend, g. 5 p.O ,cinde Do. Delhi 00. do Do. Punjaub...• Do. 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East Oarn Brea 3l 1 as t Grenville .... 2.14.0 14 2 /thist Gunnislake 8.3.,- Nant Loved ......... 8 Wll Russell (Tavistk 1:15.6 # I StAubyn(G wen. 46 4 4 rut Liiey, limited all 16 17 .4 rest South Tolgus 1.4.0 IN, neat nasy 14.9.6 ;.1. Wheal Vor . It, 15 16 - :reuville Foot 1.10.1; 45 40 dingSWII Oourns 24 24 kiargaret (Uny Lelant; 6 b Valley ...... ! t. 10.), 7 7! Awyntly Iron Ore, Mal 34 2i -e.tv S ton . ..... • I 561 00 70 - 4orth loskear . .184 5 7 llaabett(lilogau 1.1. iorth Wheal Crotty .'rosper United 6.4 I.+;j 2 24 10.1aui 20 23 6. Caradon (St. Cleeri l4 I .160 314) South Condurrow t.2.J S.Wheal I?ran. illlogsu MIS a 1-i 19. tray Park I'ln Crott 4 .1 lt+ 'lgra anti Cl wan, 11w all tVest ;iit3M Ott (11100,1 ' 1 1 I ••• X. Caradon (Ltakeara l; 1) .2 tVestChtrerton . 11 6, 61 West Seton. .... 473 130 2,0 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 62 67 Wheal 13uller (I:tedruthl 22 5 4 6 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.! 8 2 22 Wheal Set-on Wheal Trelawney 11.18 5.17.0 8 1..1 it.t.:lfnlthlAt;l/1 6 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 70 L °anon ana Brighten, .., per cult. kua. No. 1, At:Es. 4•kstittatlN K.&1141V.11(o. Anti' rp and Rotterdam, 1 1 N stern of France, 211_ r, at 721 I Sambre and Meuse, 5} per cent. pi., i ,ou.b Austriat. .Luittharttu V Claul.lllll, 10i ItatiN MIN in.. A lamillos, limited, 11 Din redr.), .N r.ll vet Rey. St. John del Rey, 11m , 2i %gra. lire.. A. Ditto, 13, Yi Australasia, 521 31 Bank of utago, lira., 5i I Quartered icauc of A.ustralia. and Chink 191 Consolidated, , , - Mortgage Baltic of India, Ilm. London and River Plate. 131 uu►tOf Joint Stock, 33j Union of .Londen, M/SC/CI.I.AN/COUs. Anglo-Died.terranean Telegraph, lim , 5 Mit oh and tribh Magnetic Telegraph, lim„ 165 Eityp,tau is per Cent., r wttruy Loau , mug , ad ttuuson's nay, Iteuter's Tclegram, 51 ttoyal Mail Steam, 67 Telegraph Construct, and Maintenance, 161 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 Do Rutierdam — 11 18 1 1 18i 191 ... 12 19:1 ... 12 0 Autworp --... 23 34 - ... 25 4) Brus.sels ... 25 35 ... . 25 40 Hamburg)). — ... 13 9} ... 13 10 Paris Ditto 3 Ma. ... 2 ) 27} ... '25 32} Mrasoilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 11} ... Vienna l2o} ... 11 60 ... 11 6o .. ... T riest e -- ... 11 60 ... 11 65 Petersburg Berlin Madrid.. Cadiv Leghorn -- Milan — ... 31i ... 82} •.. 6 2611 ... 6 261 ... 48j ... ... 27 ... 2i 80 ... 27 * 9O 80 ... 27 90 Paloruae 27 80 ... 27 90 Messina Lisbon -51 t ... 511 t 511 OpOporto- 51 Despatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial Office from the Governor-General of Canado. De spatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. HIRED TRANSPORTS.—The following ships have been taken up by the Transport Department of the Ad mi:alty fur the conveyance of Government stores : —Glen Tilt, 991 tons, for Bombay ; Lincoln, 971 tons, for Cal cutta; Chatham, 491 tons, for Bombay; Phaeton, 576 tons, for Calcutta ; John Bull, fur Canada ; and Petchee, for Singapore. Ordered for survey : —Tho Welcome, for Bermuda. THAMES. SERIOUS ROBBERY BY A SERVANT GIRL—Ana a servant g i r l, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing £ 7 , the moneys of her master, Mr. Wilson, of No. 2 2 , Gaiusborough road. The prisoner . had been in the sorvic3 of Mr. and MN. Wilson for seven months. On Tuesday night last the prisoner remained in the house after her master and mistress had retired to resf - . Sh e was entrusted with the keys, and among them wa a key which :fitted a drawer in which 14 sovereigns were deposited.. At five o'clock got up and ing Sh A e lr a s iso W f i o ls n o t n d her drawer i on missed Wednesday her ser v m a o n r t n . open, and missed seven sovereigns from it. Yes terday evening a police-constabl e , name d C a bb , No. 240 K, arrested the prisoner in the house of her aunt in Burn's-lane, Spitalfields. He charged her with stealing seven sovereigns. She said "So I did ; go to No. 7, Hannibal-road, Stepney, and you will find a parasol, a lo , .;ket, and a chain ; and if you go to the Jacob's Well public-house close by you will find a brooch which I have bought. The rest of the money I. have spent. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said she had got rid of all the money she had stolen, except Bs. sd. she had delivered to the constable. Caple asked for a remand, and said other rro- perty was missing. Mrs. Wilson—Yes, I have missed other things since she has been in my employ. Mr. Benson remanded the prisoner for a week. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-- having und ergone th e neces saryllowing At a general metting of the Peilows, h e ld yes t er d ay, July exami na tion, were duly ad m itt e d mem b ers of the Col lege :—Mr. David A. Mosey, M.D., Edi n., Edinburgh 30,thefo gentlemen, Edinburgh hous; Turaharn-groan ; Mr. Joseph Frank Payne, M. 8., Oxon., St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington; Mr. John Jones Phillips, M.D., Lend., Guy's Hospital; Mr. Thomas Pigg, M.D., St. Andrew's, Manchester ; Mr. Joseph Rutter, M.D., Lond., Brighton ; Mr. Robert Temple Wright, M.D., Edin., 10, New Ormond -street. WHO IS LOP.D RIGLAW.---" The English," says a French paper, "are no better off than ourselves. Such is the heat in London, where the strebts are even wider than our own, that apoplexy is there, so to speak, quite an epi dermic. Last Sunday Lord Riglaw (?), a sportsman and dandy, was seen crossing Hyde Park in his shirt sleeves and carrying his coat on his arm. Shocking ! This fact was announced next day in the papers. Lord Riglaw is much censured, but hence Nowa a celebrity." 120 100 100 leo 100 IC.O SWEEPSTAKES 01? 100 SOVS. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each subscription, h ft, for four year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b; the winner of the Darby or St. Leger 71b, of both 101 b extra. Cluj Course. 6 subs. Wroughton D'Estouruel 9 MARCH SLAKES. The March Stakes of 5 sovs each, w:th 50 added; two year olds 7st 71h, three 9st ; fillies allowed 31b ; th winner to be sold for 390 sovs if demanded, dr,c. ; half a mile ; 28 subs. Pearlfeather Sister to Veda .• 2 Kellogg Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 1.0 SOVS. A SweepstAkes of 10 sovs each, la ft; two year olds Est 31b, three Bst, four Bst 81b, five and upwards Bst 1211); tie winner to ba sold for 130 sovs if dainanded ; if en tered to be sold for 300 stays 71b extra. T.Y.C. Sir Oliver King Richard RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. AUGUST. D,auville Leek Brighton Brighton Club 6 i SeArborough 24 Lewes Summer IVolverhampton ll I Great Yarmouth Stot:kton LuNDON GAZS rE-THIS EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 18. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas George Knox, Esq., now her M4j•sty's Consul at Bangkok, to be her Maj sty's Consul-General in Siam. to reside at Bangkok. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell, R.M., to be Colonial secretary for the Colony of British Honduras. Walt-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JOLT 31. 6th Dragoo is— Lieutenant Sydney Hobson, to be Lieu tenant, vice Cottle. 12th Lancers. Charles Byrom, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Francis Parker. Royal En. , ine.ers.—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel E.lwarSGordon to be remov,Al from the Seconded to the Supernumerary List. The temporary Commissions as Lieutenant, of the undermentioned officers, to be made permanent, from the dates mentioned against their respective names : - Edward Cardwell Fanshawe; 22d June, 1865; John Simpson Nicholson, 22d December,; 1863; Charles Claude Cliften Barlow, 22d Oecemb:r, 18'33 ; and Matthew Henry N.J.- coil, 17th April, 1866. Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Wel lesley to be Lieutenant and Captain ; the lion. James Luctovic Li , ideay to be Ensign and Lieutenant. Sc,ts Fusilier Guards —Lent mutat and Captain the Hon. Paul S. Methuen to be Adjutant. 2nd Foot—Captain Arthur Wellesley Gosset has retired from the service. 7th Foot—Henry Francis E:nly, Gent., to be Paymaster. Bth Foot—Limit:neat John Dawson t a bo Captain ; Ea sign Georg • Rowan Hamilton to be Lieutenant ; Richard Orme, Gent., to be Ensign. 12th Foot—Major Richard Atkinson to be Lieut ma• t; Cap ain E lward Foster to b) M , j ,r; Lieutenant Jo.. Oliver Jobnsoe to be C tptaiu ; Easigr usury Stewart B ilton to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Tuumas Baker to be Lieut !Haut; Gentleman Cadet Richard Thomas E!- ward Dowse to be Ensign. 17th Foot—Lieutenant James John Ha rington Cottle to be Lieutenant. 18. h Foot—Ensign Elavard Champneys Mihier to be Lieutenant ; Gentlem in Cadet Ji11111.36 Willi tin Graves to be Ensign. 56th Fout—hneenant William Barnett to be Captain; Eoaigu Walter liu,gties Thomas Since to be Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet llarold Pariniuter Molizieux to be Ensign. 61st Foot—Ensign Henry Linilsell Green to be Lieu tenant ; Gentleman Cadet Francis Herbert England to be Easign. 62.1 Foot--Lieutenant Arthur Lloyd Read to be Captain ; Lieutenant Henry Jones to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Henry Pardon Woodroofe to be Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet Frederick W. G. 11. Nelson to be Ensign. 66th Foot--Ensign William Hamilton M' lath to be Lieu tenant; Ensign Arthur N. Welman to be Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet . John Granville Hiker t ) be Ensign; Gentleman Cadet Charles A. M. Morris to be Eusi„-m. 69th Foot - Gentleman Cad t H. St tuhope Holmes to be Ensign. _ . . - - . - - 94th Fiiot—Lieut. G. M. Gaskell to be Lieutenant ; Lieut. R. E. Wallace to be Instructor of Musketry. 98th Foot —Quartermast r-Sergeant Archibald Macqueen. to Le Quartermaster. 102 d Fuot—Ci)utleman Cadet E. P. Elliott to be Ensign; Gentleman Cadet 0. S. Craig to be Ensign. 101 th Foot—Gentlemen Cad,ts Charles Lleary Short and Henry Craigie Halkeit to be Ensigns. 105; h Foot - Gentlemen Cadets Charles Stafford Stephen Whitehill and William. Douglas Graham to l , e Eusigno. 107th Foot- Gentleman Cadet James Stewart King to be Ensign. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Henry Nicholas Houck to be Lieu tenant; Frederick Henry Thyroid, Gaut., to be - Roy t 1 Malta PLincible Artillery—Lieutenant P. Bernard to Le Adjutaut. Medical Depait neat- Assistant-Surgeon 11. C. Collier to be Staff As3istaut-Surgeon,_ li - REVE r. Captain Hunt, of the Royal Marine Light infantry, to be Major; Paymaster and Honorary Captain D. Simpson, 11th Foot, to be Honorary Major; Paymaster Tohias- Teraau, 2d West India Regiment, to bi Honorary Cap tain; Quartermaster M'Gregor, half-pay, late 98th Foot, to be Honorary Captain. The following promotions to take place consequent upon the death of General the Hon. Sir Hugh Arbuthnott, K.C.8., Colonel of the 79th Foot, on 11th July, 1868 :--- Lieutenant-General Edward Wells Ball, Colonel 66th Foot, to be General; Major-General Charles A , htnore, Colonel 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General ; Brevet- Colonel Lord Mark Kerr, C.D., to be Major-General; Major Henry James Buchanan to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Richard Lacy to be Major. The uaderm rationed officers having comple ed tb3 qualifying Service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel to be Colonels under the provisioas of Ow Il,val Warrant cf the 9d February, IS6 :—Captain and Lieut.-Colonel William Aitchisou, Soots Fusilier Guards; Lieu!. C~luuel Frederick Octavius Salisbury , 101st Foot. ADMIRALTY, JULY 28. Mr. Joseph Monk has this day been promoted to the rank of FirrA Class Assistant 17.a.,:inaor b her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 25th July, 1868. JULY 29. Mr. Robert John Norman Las this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, wAh seniority of 2oth July, 1869. Yesterday the port division of the C henna Squadron left the Sound for Spithead—tho Pene lope, 10, Capt. Marten, flag of Rear-Admiral Ryder, and the Defence, IS, Capt. May, departed in the morning ; the Achilles, 26, Capt. Vansittart, C. 13., au: the BAlerophon, 14, Capt. Macdonald, followed in the afternoon.