The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Aug. 27.—Wind at noon, N. W., light breeze,
and fino.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,)

GRAVESEND, Saturday MorniLg.
Arrived, Aug. 26.—Jan Andraes, from Emden—Skeen,
from Quebec—Eagle, from Algoa Bay—Kron Princess
Louisa and the Maria, from Archangel—Fides from Hui-
back—Sturkodder and Garibaldi, from Gefle—Albertrus,
from Libau—Quoen, frcm St Petersburg—Delegate, from
Charlotte Town--Harad Hiddetend, from Hernosand—
Carl Forte—from Stelleften.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Naparima, from Trinidad—W. A. Roberts, from
Porto Rico—Merle, from Barbadoes—all for London—Ada
Latitia, from London, for Cape of Good Hope—Don, of
Shields, from Shields, for St. John's—Seaton (es.), from
Bordeaux, for Sunderland.

From the report of the directors of the European
Bank, to be presented to the meeting on Wednes-
day next, it appears that the gross profits for the
nine months of its existence have reached the sum
of £32,411 2s 7d, and that after deducting the
expenses of management, providing for bad and
doubtful debts, and rebating undue bills, the nett
profits are £19,035 7s 4d. The directors have
already paid an interim dividend of 15s per share,
and they now propose an addition of 2s 6d
per share, free of income-tax, thus making together
rather more than 16 per cent. per annum on the
mean capital worked during the nine months, By
the teems of the amalgamation with the English
and Irish Bank (Limited) the directors received a
premium of £32,000. Oat of this sum they pur-
pose placing £21,393 10s. 10d. to a reserve fund,
with a view to the total extinction of the
preliminary expenses of both banks, the
remaining sum of £10,606 9s. 2d. added
to the balance of profits brought down, amounting
together to £10,751 10s, they propose to divide
amongst the holders of shares in the European Bank
prior to the amalgamation with the English and
Irish Bank, by the addition of ten shillings to each
share of £lO paid, thus giving a bonus of 5 per
cent. on the capital stock of the shareholders. The
amount paid on every such share will then he £lO
104 and, by the completion of the amalgamation,
the paid up capital of the Bank is raised to
£400,000.
NEW RAILWAYS.—Mr E. Stanford, of Charing-
cross, has just published a map of London, which
shows at a glance the new railway projects that have re-
ceived the sanction of Parliament during the session of 1864.
The lines in operation, as well as those previously sanc-
tioned, are also clearly defined, together with a great many
other new schemes, such as the Albert Bridge and Ap-
proaches, Holborn Valley Improvement, Southwark Park,
Commercial Docks, Thames Embankment, South London
Markets, &c., &c. Tho principal object of the map is to
familiarise the public with the places in and around the
metropolis affected by the new railways ; and most certainly
the idea of Mr Stanford has been clearly and distinctly car-
ried out. By the aid of the map before us every person can,
without the slightest trouble, trace the course of the new
railwa ,vst as they are all indicated by a bright red line, which
shows in a remarkably clear manner the direction taken.
The map,
all those published by Mr Stanford, is exe-
cuted in the
est style of art, while it is at the same
time remarkable for 2ta accuracy.
ANTIQUITY OF MA-Y'—WO some time ago gave
iervations made by MM.
an account of certain ob.
Garrigon and Fiala on the ota racteristics which distin-
guish: bones broken longitudinally in a fresh state from
those broken when already deprived of a: part of their ani-
mal matter—the object of the observers ,!)9-ing to prove
that the broken bones found together with the remains of
the great pachydermata of the drift period, had be..'n split
in a fresh state by the hand of man. In a recent p,: Der
addressed to ,tho Academy of Sciences, M. Husson, one
the most determined adversaries of the opinion
which supposes man to have existed during the
drift, describes an o of his latest visits to the
grottoes of Sainte-Reine, near Toul, for the purpose of
examining certain ancient inscriptions said to exist in one
of them, which has three issues communicating with the
Grotto du Labyrinthe, and the Trou de la Fontaine. This
cavern is not in its natural state, having been the quarry
from which the materials for building the fortifications and
two churches of the town were drawn, and it had not been
revisited for centuries past. M. Hasson found various ob-
jects of comparatively modern date in it, such as, for in-
stance, an iron wedge nearly eaten through by rust, the
bones of various domestic animals, ashes and cinders,
&o. Further on, where the pickaxe bad not penetrated,
he found the remains of bears, and several bones split in
two, which in his opinion had not been so by the hand
of man, bat by the action of dampness and the con-
fined atmosphere. It would therefore remain to be
seen whether the bones supposed by the former ob-
servers to have been broken by human beings present
the same characteristics as those seen by M. Dmon.
As for the inscriptions, some of them turned out to be
merely the marks of animals' claws ; others were longitu-
dinal and transversal strokes seemingly without any mean-
ing at all; and lastly, lil. Hues= found the name
" Christophe" cut in. So much for the antiquity of these
inscriptions.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.—Early on Thursday morning a shcck-
ing and fatal accident happened to a man named John
Waite, a drivel on the Great Northern Railway, residing
iu Doncaster. It appears that the man set oil from Don-
caster with the 6 20 coal train for Peterborough, and having
disposed of his load, was about returning, when he got oft
his engine to attend to a point. \Mile at the point, from
some cause or other he tell,was run over by the engine, and
killed upon the snot. His irjulies were of a most frightful
nature. He has left a wife and six chi!dren to lament their

London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE BROWNE.
A meeting, attended by the heads of the various depart-
ments of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rai,way, end
by most of the station toasters on the line, was held on
Thursday at the office of Mr Forbes, the general manager,
for the purpose of presenting to the goods manager, Mr
George Browne, a testimonial on the occasion of his leaving
the service. The testimonial was in the form of a very
handsome silver tea service, elegantly chased, and a brooch
of
a solidl
having in the centre a star of diamonds and
p
Mrs
Browne. The silvcr bare the following
ers,ior gold,
inscription :

" Presented to Mr George Browne, by the officers and
men of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany, on his resigning the office of goods' manager, which
he had held since May, 1861, as a slight testimony of their
high esteem and cordial regard for him, and in remem-
brance of the kindness and courtesy which had invariably
characterised his intercourse with them. August 21, 18t4."
Mr
.FOLIBES, the general manager, in presenting the tes-
timon:al, said they knew the object of the gatherins, and
the occasion must be interesting to them all—it was to
show their esteem for 4 gentleman who had bean the
brother ()Neer,. or the superior officer, of those present,
and who had discharged difficult and important duties.
Whether they acted with him
as an equal, or under him
they could not fail to see the advantages of having in his
position such a man as Mr Browne. To some of them he
was comparatively a stranger; but he
(Mr Forbes) had
known him for 23 years, and during that
period he had
proved himself a kind and consistent officer. (Hear, hear.)
One naturally felt satisfaction at finding an old friend
improving his fortunes, but he could not i d
--sguise that
there was some alloy mixed with his pleasure on this
occasion, in the shape of the extreme regret which
he felt in parting with so valuable and worthy an officer
Be was quite sure that all Mr Browne's friends would
desire kindly to remember Mrs Browne, and the delicate
recollection of her shown, by adding a brooch to the testi-
monial, would, he was sure, meet with the concurrence of
all present. Mr Browne left them with a lively recollection
on their part of his kindness, and a sincere desire that his
future might be as succesful as he or his best friends could
wish. (Cheers.)
Mr BROWNE then responded, and said he could hardly
adequately express his feelings or thanks for the magnifi-
cent present that his brother officers had just made him.
It gave him great satisfaction to feel that during the
short period he had been amongst them he had won their
esteem. Ile owed it to having followed the golden maxim
of :Him, who knew their nature better than themselves,
and who said, " Do unto others as you would be done by."
Ho had much to thank his fellow officers and those under
him, for they had always lent him every assistance
in performing his duties ; and carried out, if not anticipated,
his every wish. He should always look with interest on
the London, Chatham, and Dover line, for which he be-
lieved there was a bright future. Turning from himself to
the present to his wife, if they knew the feeling of pleasure
it would give him when he presented that elegant brooch
to Mrs Browne, they would envy him. He was sure she
would prize it very highly, not so much for its value as for
the associations connected with it (Cheers.)
Wine having been introduced, the health of Mr and Mrs
Browne was enthusiastically drunk.

Mr hi; B. 8711TH then proposed the health of their gene-
ral manager, Mr Forbes. He briefly stated that in him
every officer on the line had a friend who would support
them when they did their duty honestly and conscien-
tiously. Referring to Mr Browne's departure, he re-
minded those present that that gentleman left behind
him the legacy of the force of his example, the value of
which they could not over-estimate, and, speaking of him,
he could not do better than quote a few lines from Long-
fellow's poem :

Lives of good men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime ;
And departing leave behind us
Footprints in the sand of time.

Footprints that, perhaps, another
Sailing o'er life's solemn main
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother
Seeing may take heart again.

Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate ;
Still achieving, still purining,
Learn to labour and to wait."

Mr Mortimer Harris, the assistant manager, briefly re-
turned thanks on behalf of the manager, and subsequently
the healths of Messrs. Harris, W. Martley, 1. Bishop, W.
Mills, W. E. Johnson, heads of various departments, and
Mr E. W. Brooke, assistant secretary, were drunk, and the
meeting separated.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

WAR OFFICE, AUG. 26.

MEMORANDUM.—Capt. John Fano Charles Hamilton,
of the Royal Navy, late in command of her Majesty's ship
Esk, would have been recommended to her Majesty for
the distinction of Companion of the Military Division of
the Order of the Bath, had he survived the operations la
which he was engaged in New Zaaland.
FOREIGN OFFICE, Aua. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Dauzat
Dembarrere as Consul at Gibraltar, and M. Ernest Heritte
as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the
Emperor of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don JOEe
Sanchez Bann as Consul, and Don Carlos Chacon as Vice
Consul, at Glasgow, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain.