The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-04 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—A newspaper paragraph (originating, I
have no doubt, in some innocent mistake), to the
effect that I am much out of health, has become
widely circulated, both in England and abroad, and
has brought many inquiries upon me. Will you
allow me to state in your columns that the state-
ment is wholly destitute of foundation, and that I
never was better in my life.—Faithfully yours,

CHARLES DICKENS.
Gad's Hill Place, Higham-by-Rochester,
Kent, September 2.

THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

Mr. Consul Michell states in his June report that
the Budget for 1866, with a supplementary esti-
mate, puts the expenditure of the Russian army at

118,792,289 roubles, or about £18,800,000, a saving
of above 9,000,000 roubles as compared with the
previous year's Budget. But the St. Petersburg
Gazette represents that although the Budget of 1865
only provided for the expenditure of 128,000,000
roubles upon the army the expenditure in that year
amounted to 150,000,000 roubles. The Gazette
says that each Russian soldier costs the State 200
roubles (£3l 135.), and that this sum, though less
than the cost in France, is more than that Of
Prussia or Austria. Senator Hagemeister, in his
exhaustive work on the Budget of 1866, in which
he estimates the expenditure on the army as 70 per
cent. higher than it was in 1845, reckons the Pre"
sent strength of the Russian army, rank and file, at
above 800,000. A statistical work recently published
by the Ministry of the Interior estimated On
strength of the Russian army as follows :—Regular,
troops.--Ordinary peace establishment, 902,56 t
officers and men, and 69,590 horses ; strengthened
establishment, 1,016,641 officers and men, and
93,502 horses ; war establishment, 1,242,182 al'
eers and men, and 151,341 horses. The irregular
troops are estimated to amount to 229,225 officers
and men, and 213,826 horses ; the number enrolled
in 1866 was 81,088 officers and men, and 67,225
horses. The Consul remarks that the Russian army
is drawn from a male population of 25,000,000 in
Russia proper, and from not more than 2,000,000
in the Kingdom of Poland. Irrespective, therefore,
of the 45,000 men serving in the Imperial navy, the
800,000 rank and file of the army are supplied by
a population of about 55,000,000 male and female,
and the army thus constituted 1 4-10 per cent. of
that portion of the population which is liable to
conscription. The numerical relation of the arniY-
to the population of the empire (70,000,000) exceeds
that of France and Prussia by one-third. At the
same time the number of young men eligible n
Rus-
sia for service is comparatively far smaller than in
other countries of Europe, where about 1 per cent'
of the population yearly reaches the age of 20
years, and 40 per cent. of these are fit for military
service. In Russia, owing to the mortality among
children, it takes 50,000,000 of population to pre:
duce the number of young men of 20 years
of
France can command with a population
38,000,000.. The number of men of the class liabl°
to military service, who reach the age of 20
in
Russia, is, according to this calculation, about'
400,000 per annum ; of these perhaps not %°rAB
than 160,000 are fitted for the army, and 100,00'
are actually taken yearly, and only return to their
families after eight years' service. The figures 01°
the onerous nature of the conscription in linsf°'
apart even from the heavy expenditure it involves'
amounting in the estimates (alway; exceeded o
)
one-third of the gross anticipated revenue. Nor
is this the whole charge to the country. The annual
expense to the male taxable population of furnisu
ing a contingent of 100,000 recruits cannot be less
than 3,500,000 roubles (£554,000.), while their
liability to transport and quarter troops is estimated
at 15,000,000 (£2,375,000), the two together ceu,
stituting a tax of 60 to 70 copecks (23d. to 27ai
per male. At the same time, in order to possess
irregular troops, 3,000,000 of a population ocellIV_:
ing the most fertile provinces of the empire
exempted from all taxes and contributions.

Mn. BRIGHT AND THE AMERICAN WAR.---S°11?!
tune ago Mr. Bright received from the American ladle':
managing the National Association for the Relief °I
Destitute Coloured Women and Children an Afghan
which had belonged to President Lincoln, but which Jr
Lincoln had contributed to the National Fair for Orplinil
In acknowledging the receipt of this present, Mr. Bright
says I have great satisfaction in viewing the course
I took in reference to your great struggle, and oft if
lament that it was not taken by all my countrymen:, a
all the influential men of this country had looked with
generous eye upon your late contest, I believe the tw.ic
nations would have been united in a solid friendship wb
nothing hereafter would have been able to disturb.
hope good men and women in both countries will
uo
l¢l
they can to wipe out the remembrance of all that is ev.,,,0
the past. This is needful for the good of the twocountlic
and for the good of all the world."

• •••
•
NT
EDNESD:v x EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4 1867.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account

Do £lOO Bonds 6O
Do. 1863
Do 5 per Cont., 1865
Da Acount 3ll
Do 6 per. Cent., 1865
Da 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
D.) Account
Po 6 per Cont., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the above payaule in Loudon
Austrtsn p2r Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Out.. Ex. 12 Gail,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 3
per Cent.., Ex. 251. —
Italian 5 per Cont. 186], Ex. 251 —
Do. Account

IhArei

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
No movement of importance is reported in the
Money Market, and, so far as has been ascertained,
the Payments of the 4th have been met in a very
,satisfactory manner. There has, of course, been a
larger inquiry for accommodation on mercantile
bills and other securities, but the supplies are
at
much larger than the requirements of
the mercantile community, and the quotations
consequently remain in an easy position.
until the holiday season is over no stimulus
is likely to be given to any description of enter-
prise, and promoters as well as contractors are
holding , 6: many important and promising projects in
aeeyance. A similar state of affairs obtains in
Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfort, and the other prin-
cipal cities of the Continent.
Bar gold to the amount of £145,000 was taken
to the Bullion-office of the Bank yester lay, as well
b:as, 8,000 sovereigns from Buenos Ayres. The
°"ver-market is quiet, and prices are unaltered.
The Ilanamonia, from New York, has brought
about £3,000 in specie, and the City of Paris the
Baule amount. The Euxine, from Alexandria, has
Only £4,314.
Messrs. Turquand and Harding, the liquidators
" Overend, Gurney, and Co., Limited," have an-
nounced the payment of a further dividend of 4s.
14 the pound between the 10th and 14th instant.
,
further dividend of 2s. 6d. may be expected in
November.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have advanced to 25 26, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain firm at 22! 23k.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per
Cent. Renter were 69f. 60c. this morning. Heavy.
There is no change of importance to report to-
halin the English Stock Market, the autumn
dy absenteeism having lessened the daily
transactions of the investor and speculator. Con-
13°18 are for money and the impending ac-
e°llllt) and 94i 95 for the October settlement.
b The-New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 9313 ;
Bank of England Stock is 256 ; India Stock, 256 ;
ditto 5
per Cents. 1121 1 ; ditto Enfaced 4 per
,Cents.) 8; and ditto Bonds under £lOOO, 655.
Vretn.

Although a very small amount of business has
been transacted in Foreign Stocks, yet prices have
advanced. Mexican have advanced 1, to 151 1;
Greek f, to 14 f ; Italian 1, to 481 49 ; Spanish
Certificates 1, to 151 161; and Turkish 5 per Cents.
to 311
In the Foreign and Colonial lines there has been
little variation. San Paulo are marked 15} I, East
Indian 110 1101, Great Indian Peninsula 1101 1111,
and Bombay and Baroda 103 103/.
City
Shares continue in very limited demand.
Bank, however, have improved to 13, London
Joint-Stock to 36! 37f, London and Westminster
to 71 711, and Union of London to 371 381.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares exhibit very
little variation, with the exception of Atlantic Tele-
graph.,. 8
per cents., which have declined to 68i ;
'utoentasular and Oriental Steam have also receded
h2Pi 50i ; and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan
Colmproved to 701 70f ; Hudson's Bay Company
vemain Steady at 141 15 ; and National Discount
`43lnPany, at 111.
American
rem , Securities are steady at yesterday's
TUnited States 5-20 Bonds are 7318 ; Erie
he, 45 46 ; and Illinois, 771 1.
operations in the Railway Share Market have
h` been very extensive, and prices generally have
receded
a downward tendency. Caledonian have
; Great Western and South Eastern each
sLiVetropolitan, ; Great Northern, I ; and do. A
do°°ll.) 13righton, and Midland, each 1 ;
1. while Lon
and North Western have improved

'THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money 941-}
Do. Account September 10

Canadian Laud Eintration Company.

a--

MEETING THIS DAY.

The usual half-yearly general meeting of this
company was held to-day at the London Tavern,
Mr. Hugh Montgomerie, the chairman, presiding.
The report, copies of which had been circulated
amongst the shareholders, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report and statement of accounts, said the first
point to which the report referred was the
reduction of the expenditure, according to
the resolutions passed at the last half-yearly
meeting. The accounts went three months beyond
the period of that meeting, and as far as pos-
sible the estimates made had been carried out. The
expenditure in Canada was $lB,OOO, and in Eng-
land £2,170 10s. 4d. That sum did not include
the £3OO remuneration to the directors, but that
would not affect the shareholders, as the directors
would not take any remuneration for the present
year. He had no doubt that the Canadian Govern-
ment would have met them fully and frankly with
respect to the question of the settlement, and they
had done so, allowing an extension of three
years for the settlement. With respect to
the gold in the township referred to in
the last report, there had been nothing since
to induce the directors to believe that gold did
exist ; but, on the other side, there was nothing to
show that gold did not exist in the quartz formation
which would pay, and if that were the case the
business of the colony would be very great. There
had been an increase in their timber trade, and this
was a most opportune period for the sale of timber.
The state of the township was so fully explained in
the report as to render it unnecessary for him to go
further into that subject. .

After some discussion the rerort was ultimately
adopted.

FOUNDERING OF TWO STEAMERS.

Yesterday afternoon a somewhat remarkable oc-
currence took place on the river below bridge by
the sinking of two steamers. The Condor (s.)
645 tons, was one of the fleet belonging to the
North German Lloyd's Company commanded by
Captain Bosse, from Stockholm and Copenhagen,
laden with iron and general goods, was coming up
the river, and on arrivng off the Surrey Commercial
Docks by some accident she got athwart a tier
of vessels moored on the Rotherhith side, and
came with such force on the stern of one of the
vessels as to knock a hole in one of her plates
below the water line, causing her to commence filling
immediately. The steamer was without loss of time
extricated from her position, and the captain learn-
ing from the engineer that the water had nearly
reached up to her fires in the engine-room, caused
her to be immediately run ashore, where she filled,
and at high water only her masts and funnel were
to be seen.

I Atlantic ~...* St.Lawrenee
Born., Baroda. 4 Cen.ln.

gu..s_per
Do. F hare
Buffalo & Lake .I.l.uronl

Do. Preference
But ~Brant, &Godericli
6 p.c. 1872-3-i
Calcutta & B. E., lim
cape Town & Dock, gu
Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi
Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do,
East Indian, gu. .5

The other mishap befel the Druid steamer, 615
tons burden, which had arrived from Cronstadt
with a cargo of grain. In steaming up past Wap-
ping she struck heavily on something at the bottom
of the river, apparently an anchor, which ripped
open some of her plates, and caused her instantly to
fill, and she sank, the crew escaping by the rigging.
The latter will be a serious loss, as her cargo will be
destroyed and useless before she can be raised.

Do. J Extension
Grand Trunkof Canada
Do. Equip. Mort, Bonda
I charge 6 p.o
Do. Ist ?ref. Bonds
Do. do deferred
D'. 2d Pref. Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. 3d Pref. stook
Do. do. deferred
Do. 4th Pref. stook

MINING MARKET.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Continuedrt.
activity prevails in the market to-day.
Southll hares principally in demand arc Chontales,
Caradon, Devon Consols, Chiverton Moor,
48t
Grenville, and East Basset. Annexed are the
elthl;est quotations :
ciao`‘.....e,rton M00r...... 5 5f
CliCraps Gold ...... 51
zi•st B AMalgamate 8 S
tast
eagset ............ 18 2U
.kjZaradon ....... s+, 51
.fJovell ........... 61 71
......... 2
Gre`Great ',laxeY ......... 181 191
t ...... 4 4-1-
Itarkovvileal Vor 17+ 184
Nom
er alley ......... 51 51
caY ......... 3: 41

Do. do. deterred ....
t. India Pen. gua. sp.c.
i:o. Gila. 5 per cent..

MA 1O 111

Do. New ;,rna. t; 7. 0

intha

1031 3

gua. 6 per cent ....
)2. 4j per cent..

Do
;reat Wye. of Canada..
Do. New
)o. 6 p. c B. pay. 187.
00. 51 do. pay. 1877-8..
Indian Branch, Enlace
Madras, gua. 5 p.O ....
Do. 4.1 do
Do. do . •
Do. Filth Extension
31e1b. Cor. 6 p. e. Buda.,,
.Sz llobion'a Bay..
N.Hl.C'cla,6polatpt.ba
Soinde
Do. Delhi
Do. do ti
Do. l'uniaub ,1 .5
Do. Indus St.Flot to

North Treskerby ll 2
Prince of Wales 49s as
Providence Mines.— 29 31
South Caradon 370 400
Tincroft
West Chiverton 63 65
West Seton
Wheal Buller 24 26
Wheal Grouvillo
Wheal Chiverton Gf 7
Wheal Crebor —
Wheal Seton

100
{lOO
15
100
100

102 11

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING rßicEs.
8 (310`7b--4.O6NMENT FUNDS. • 133 r Gent. Console -
Buo. A
94 xd
ktecunt, Sept. 10
~,,tnr Cent. Reduced 93} 3 xd
irew 3 per Cent 93f 3 1 3 xd
Doti. Per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
4nliite.iepselr Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Do3o yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
D 0• for 30 y$
, expire sth April —
(Red Sea Televaph), Alto., 1908 —
Marcn.

tzchccluer Bills, £1,030
Do
£5OO — pm
B 1)°
awc £lOO & £2OO pm
1, of . England Stock, 4 per Cent
'lO. Account ...
41.11MIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
I\l4 S cock,
nt
10k per Cent., AprillB74 222
D-" 0.11 Accou)* 5 per Uent. July, 1880
go. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
,„0. Certificates
no. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent
.
bo. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
bo. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
1)0. 5 per Cent., Rup. De b.,187.2 —
Do. do. 1877 —
IN Do. do. 1882
4-'O. fob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
",o• Bond; 5 per Cent., £
65 17000 — Pm
"0. under £l,OOO

June.
pm
pm
pm

BRITISH MINIM
Cam. Consul. Cold, 1
61
Chiverton
Clifford Amalgamated BO 6; 7
Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 4W 420
Drakewalls 2.1.0 4
East Bassett (Illogan) 294 20 22
East Caradon 2.14.6 5 6 51
East Oarn Brea 3l 3 3i
Nut Grenville 2.14.0 2 3
East G Illinislake .. 8.8.0 1
East Lovell 3.9.0 9 10
E. W'i Russell (Tavistk 11.2.0 Si
i.am.dz StAubyn(G wen. 46 4
4 Great Laxey, limited., all 18 19
Great South Tolgus 0.14.6
Great Wheal Isofy 14.9.6
G. Wheal Vor (lielst.o 40 -16 18
Grenville ..... ,
tierod's Foot 8.10.0 36 36
Hingston Downs .. ... . 5.10.6 24 21
Margaret (Uny Lelant 12.17.6 6 8
Marke Valley ......... 4.10.6 4/ 51
4 Awyndy Iron Ore, lira 31 24 11
-_New Sewn ........ 561 40 50
_ North Roskear . ..... 381 5 7
N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0
North Wheal Crotty .. 2.13.0 34 4
Prosper United........ 8.11,0 2 24
Providence kUny Lelant 10.6.7 26 28
S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 14 340 360
South Condurrow ...... 3.2.0 t 14
S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 -
Stray Park ........... 35.15.6 34 46
rin Croft .......... . ... 9 12 14
Vigra and Clogan, lira.. all
West Passett (Mogan .. 11 14
_.W. Caradon (Liskeard 12 9 11
West Chiverton ....... 11 67 69 65
West Seton ............ 471 140 150
_ Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 •65 70
Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 24 26
_ Wheal Itary Ann (lien. 8 13 15
Wheal Seton ...... . . 581 100 110
Wheat Trelawnev (Lis. 5.17.0 7 g

a rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING
_PRICES.
rgentine Reublic, 6 per Cent
Ettstrian fonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
ra.zn per Cent _
1:13' 4} Per Cent 1852-58-60
.7
651 /
-, Do. 1863
_
'''°. 5 per Cont., 1865
i‘o A ccount 731 /
B "0. £lOO Bonds 731 lin°4oB Ayres 6 per Cent
Cub 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
0,17. 6 per Cent.
D°"lmn 6 per Cent _
_
. 4/ per Cent
NDo; 6 per Cent., B
~ 1867 ••
D°' Scrip, £57 paid
1 6°) 7 per Cent., 1866
(I jt,°,2,criP, £2O paid ba.„..'ulan, 6 per Cent.
b mtsh, 3 ner Cent., 1825- ..
pnbian Principalities, 7 per Cent
58
toy 'l•'° 8 per Cent., 1867
ptian 7 per Cent
Vo. Second Issue
Ls% 4100 Bonds B6l
u°. Do 87 61
Ao • 1864
• 4100 Bonds BBl I 1.1 Q
1;,11° uvernment Railway
tirer,at.cl°r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent _
Debentures B_6i i
iS"' 5 per Cents., 1824-9, ex Coupons
.hO. Account
...,(j.
Do. 'A oupons
(1,,,,, -mecount
Italtiernala. 5 per Cent .. —
Jo.
.5 per Cent , 1865 —
—v, Account . *
l) Ar , 72
It, o• arenamana Railway xi
D. "'L. per Cent ••• —
itto for Account
D
Do 6 0. 1864
40,,-, Per Cont. Anglo-French —
kovideau 6 r Cent . —
ki °'l,ll imaperiPael 5 per Cent
°„. ~.Tratiada —
,1-10 3 per Cen . — 4-'O. Def d
1) er,e
p 0 Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Doerltia er Cent 1865 - -
n count ~ .!x
Do 'li• per Cent., 1865
D°° li per Cent. (Uribarren)
b % per Cent., 1862
0 Account
it:4%lloBe 3 Per Ct , 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 391 1
iti 4,,, 5 per
b- 'lt per Cent. 1850
.1:1! li Per Cent, 1860
tiu 0 per Cent., 1859
° 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. 1864
turd. Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1866 Blsi 8
$h Inian, 5 per Cent
7
l°zlBll 3 Do A.e per Cent —
c,..unt
13° New Deferred
Do Account
be Passiv
Do A 6 —
1 D cet ant
~° Con. Cert. of Cour not funded —
T
uo Account .
Do
litkish 6 per Cent 1854
Account 1
ki
,)t) 4000 l ukt ,° 6 Per Cent. 1858 ..
....
--,

ClSZYkatk:Lsl tlAttluz,
Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex.' No. 1. 72
Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per cent., 101
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent., 49
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
London and Blackwall, Bit 5
FOREIGN RAIL WAYIS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8k
Great Luxembourg, iovi
San Paulo. lien., gua. 6 per cent.,lsl
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151
FOREIGN MINES.
Anglo Braz Tian Gold,i
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lina„ 51
uon Pedro, North 1)el Rey, 2 i 1 pni
restarena United Gold, Um., 2i
Port Philip, 11
Scottish Australian, linl., 1 1-16
St. John del Rey, lira., 601

BANKM
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chl9 a. 201
Chartered kler. of India, London, and Uhina, 30e -
City, 13 12)
Consolidated, lirn., 4 9-16
Imperial Ottoman, lirn.,
London Joint Stock, 374 og
London and 11 estminster, 71 701
Ditto, Scrip, 29 81
Metropolitan Bank, Bin., 7
Midland Bank, 11w.,191
South Australia, 28
Union of London, 38} 7illB}
RISUNLLANICOM

Atlantic Telegraph,
Ditto, 8 p‘r cent, 761 21 5 on 724
City Offices, lim., 7i
Credit fonder of England, Urn.. 3
English and Australian Copper, 11-16
English and Foreign Credit, 4 3
Hudson's Bay, 15 I.i
Yillwall Freehold Land and D0ck,1451 6
National Discount t,onipany, 141
Nerbudda Coal and Iron, lira., 41
North British and Mercantile Insurance, In
Peninsula mud Oriental Steam, 504 491
Universal Marine, Insurance, lim.,
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 701114

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Arrived—Spartan, steamer, from Cephalonia ; Waterloo,
steamer, from Rotterdam; Wilhelmiva, from Lestvea ;
llinerod, from Sannesund; Batavier, steamer, from Rotter-
dam ; Triton, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed—Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk; Bel-
gium, steamer, for Ostend; Blanche, steamer, for Dunkirk;
Seine, steamer, for Boulogne; Murillo, steamer, for Cadiz ;
Bolderaa, steamer, for Cronstadt.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed.—Leopard, from Antigua, for London ; Catharine
Scott, from Bahia, for Hamburg.

TILE LATE CAPTAIN SPEER.—The remains of
Captain Wilfred Speer, who was shot on board the steamer
Octaira, near Fort Buffoid, Missouri River, in June last,
were yesterday deposited in the family vault at the necro-
polis, WOking, Surrey.-

SD AN

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

NEWCASTLE-ON-7YNE CONS7ITU-
TIOIVAL ASSOCIATION.

This newly-established association was inaugu-
rated at a conversazioile in the Music-hall on Mon-
day night. Between 200 and 300 persons were
.present. Lord Ravensworth, the president, de-
livered the opening address, in which he traced out
the development of the British Constitution, the
limitation of the monarchy, the privileges of Par-
liament, and, in connexion with the Constitution of
the King, Lords, and Commons, the Established
Church of the kingdom, the object of which was to
carry. the knowledge of God's holy religion to every
man in every parish in the kingdom. After speak-
ing upon these points at considerable length, his
lordship said--" I may bc cane.' a Tory and Con-
servative—l am a Tory and Conservative --(hear,
hear) —because I live my S)vereign and I love the
Constitution of my country, but I do not the less
love the liberties and the privileges of the people.
Nor have I in the whole course of my life, that I
am aware of, committed any act or given any vote
in Parliament for which I do not feel myself now
personally resp and ready, if called upon to.
do so, to justify by argutneut. Upon a due consi-
deration of these topics which I have ventured thus
to bring before you, one point must necessarily
impress itself upon your minds— one very serious
point—namely, that this far-famed Constitution of
England is a Constitution of balanced powers—that
if that balance be readily overthrown, rashly in-
terfered with, many dangers, certainly many in-
conveniences, may be expected to arise. And this
brings me to the latest act of the Legislature—
namely, that Reform Bill which has just become
a part of the statutes of England. There
is no doubt that by that bill a very large extension
of political power has been given to man in the
class of those whom I am now addressing—so large
an extension, that many have thought, and not
without reason, many have feared, not without some
grounds, that the extension has been too rapid
(hear), too sudden, that the consequence of it may
be a disturbance of the balance of the power which
I have spoken of as one of the most essential cha-
racteristics and features of the British Constitution.

(Hear, hear.) It remains to be seen what the re-
sults of the Reform 13111 may be ; but so long as men
like yourselves are found to enrol themselves in an
association for the preservation of the British Con-
stitution, so long as portions of the community are
bound together by love and attachment to that
Constitution, so long as men are persuaded of the
blessings they enjoy, and so long as they may be
led to apprehend dangers which may crop up with
time—so long do I hope and believe that our Con-
stitution will be safe, and that in spite of this large
extension of popular privileges the House of Com-
mons will yet be found the supporter, as it ever has
been, of the prerogatives of the Crown, and of
the due privileges of both Houses of Parliament.
Now, one or two very important and somewhat
novel principles have found their way in this new
Parliament with the Reform representation, and, if
you will forgive me for doing so, I will allude to it,
partly for the purpose of setting myself right in
your minds, and in the minds of this county and
neighbourhood, as to the language that was made
use of by me, and which has exposed me in certain
quarters to anything but worthy criticism, and
which I therefore wish just to glance at in order to
set myself right with the people. A great principle,
is established in the new Reform Act—namely, the
representation of minorities. It is all very well for
certain parties to abuse that principle—it is all very
well to say that it is a departure from the ancient
usage, but the fact is that it has been accepted by
Parliament, and that it forms a portion of the Re-
form Act at the present moment. (Cheers.) The
consequence of the application of those principles
will be this, that in very populous communities which
return three members to Parliament—it is the
fashion to call them three-cornered constitue:icies—
the method of taking the votes will be such as will
secure to the minority, almost in every case, c •rtai
the return of one member out of the three. `ow,
whether that is right or whether that is wrong, it is
a principle which has been argued for some tim3.
It was originally brought into prominence by the
Government of Lord Aberdeen, by Lord John It ai-
sell, then the leader of the Government in the House
of Commons, and it is now actually part of the law
of the laud. I ventured to say in my place in Par-
liament that in the northern counties, and that in
the northern boroughs, minorities were very sorrily
represented. There can be no doubt that it is so.
The county of Durham, as I stated, sends 10 mem-
bers to Parliament, of whom only two are upon the
Conservative or Constitutional side of the House.
I think the proportion of 8 to 2 nr 4 to 1 is a some-
what sorry representation of the minority. I also
see that, of the northern boroughs, Newcastle has
not returned Conservative member's since my ex-
cellent and worthy and hon. friend on my left--Mr.
Hodgson .Hinde—represented you. I said, and I
went no further than that, the principle of three-
cornered constituencies was found advisable to an
extent further than it goes at present. The group-
ings of the northern boroughs might be conveni-
ently made so as to give the minority the right to
one member out of three. I did not go beyond that.
I ventured to give a sort of sketch of the mode in
which the improvement might be made ; it was,
perhaps, rather a rash and forward thing to do ;
but, however, there was nothing unnatural in the
grouping that I perceived, and there it stands. The
error was made in the press, and singularly enough
all the London papers made the same mistake. I
never proposed, or I never suggested, that Tyne-
mouth should be coupled with Berwick-upon-
Tweed ; the borough which I did suggest to be
coupled with Berwick was Morpeth and not Tyne-
mouth. I did not think that it was at all unnatural
to group those two boroughs of Morpeth and Ber-
wick together." The meeting was addressed by
Mr. J. H. Hinde, Mr. It. Edie, and other gentle-
men, and the proceedings were enlivened with
music.

RACING CASUALTIES.—The Journal de Maine et
Loire relater the circumstances of a fatal accident
which took place in the secondday's racing at Saumur. In
the hurdle race, atthe last turn before reaching the stands
in the run home, five horses bolted and rushed to the side
where there was a great throng of spectators. In the gene-
ral sauve qui pent that ensued ono Cochard, of Chartres
was knocked down by the hot se of Lieutenant Billerat, of
the 9th Cuirassiers, receiving a contusion in the head and
a fracture of two of his ribs. The lieutenant was pitched
heavily forward on the ground, and had his collar-
bone broken, with a determination of blood to the head.
At the same moment, and nearly in the same spot, Lieut.
de Helloing also had a bad fall, and broke his collar-bone.
lle is not, however, in any danger. Assistance was imme-
diately procured and the first attentions wore paid to the
three wounded men by Dr. Trudau, surgeon-in-chief of
the military school. Lieutenant Billorat succumbed the
next evening to tho injuries which he had received with-
out ever having regained possession of his senses.
IRRITABLE PEOPLE.—Sergeant Penguin was early
at his chambers next day, to the rage of his laun-
dress, who, after the manner of her class, considered her-
self personally wronged if her employer took the liberty of
altering the hour of arriving at his own chambers. "Real
gentlemen never did those things," was her remark to an
assenting friend, whose ideal of realism, in this respect,
was an elderly young gentleman, who lived in his rooms,
never rose till twelve, and then went to his club to
breakfast, returning more or loss sober in the hours
which it used to be considered clever to call small, and
who never checked her red account-book—lets, however,
from absolute faith in her than from a want of acquaint-
ance with rudimentary arithmetic. But the Sergeant
was unconscious of the offence ho had given, and this
was lucky for the injured person, for Penguin was not of
a disposition to encourage liberties in hi 3 inferiors, except
politically. He was as unreasonably angry because Mr.
Horsham had not arrived half an hour before his time,
and wasted sundry imprecations on clerks who could not
sleep near their business, but must live at Stoke Newing-
ton. " Devil take Stoke Newington," said Sergeant
Penguin. " I never lived at Stoke Newington when I
was a young man. Islington was good enough for. me.
He'll be living at Stoke Poges next, I suppose." But the
word reminded him of Gray's Elegy, and he soon began to
quote it, and quoting at any length will restore anybody to
good temper. The youth's head had not begun to rest upon
the lap of earth when Mr. Horsham arrived—and was re-
ceived affably.—" Sooner or Later," by Shirley Brooks.
THE ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—
Tho caisson which mot with the accident at the entrance
to No. 4 Dock at an early hour on Saturday morning was
yesterday afternoon removed to one of the building slips,
where it will undergo the necessary repairs before being
again used. The survey of the caisson since the occur-
rence has led to the discovery that the accident was occa-
sioned by a portion of the bottom of the caisson being
rotten. The repairs will render the dock useless for
some time to come.

TIIMD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocx.

SPORTING INIELLIGENCE Ths Day.

WARWICK RACES—Tins DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ,
SCURRY HANDICAP.

Lily ,
Queen of .Trumps

Pauline .

Eight ran.
WELTER CUP

Tho Welter Cup, value 100 sovs (tho rest in specie),
by subscription of 13 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared; winners of a handicap subsequent to
August 21, at ton a.m., 51, extra ; gentlemen titters;
professionals, Glb extra; 1 mile. 16 subs, 7 of whom
pay 5 sovs each.
Master Willie

Itodcap
Black Princo _

WARWICK CUP.
The Warwick Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10
sovs each, with 75 added ; three year olds 7st 41b, four
Bst 71b, five Bst 131 b, six and aged 9st llb ; mares allowed
41b, and gelditigs 71b. Two miles and a half.
Goodwcod
Gomera
Moulsey .. 3

Four ma.
Gomora disqualified for carrying wrong weight.
CUP.—Boeswing scratched at 12.25 this day.
COUNTY HANDICAP.

The County Handicap of 10 sons each, 2 ft (to the fund)
with 100 added. One mild.

King's Cross
Guojerat 2
Mayonaiso f _ 3

Seven ran.
GRAND STAND PLATE.

Tho Grand Stand Plato (Handicap) of 100 sovs, for all
ages. Three quarters of a mile.

Python
Veda
Knight of St. Michael

• Five ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS.

A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two year
olds ist, three Bst 10113 ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b.
Three quarters of a mile.
Tumbler
Cuckoo

Two ran.
MEMBERS' PLATE.

The Members' Plate of 50 sous (Handicap). Three quar-

ters of a mile.

Diamond
Gipsy Queen
Tumbler 3

NURSERY HANDICAP.
The Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each. Three quarters of

a mile.

Redivivus
Earl
Herennianus
Eight ran.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAT.

The business which mme under notice was not of an
extensive nature, but consequent on the publication of the
acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap that event
was touched upon ; Monitress being elected favourite. 8
to 1 was accepted to some little money, while, though no
commissions appeared to be extant, the others as quoted
met with some support. The Leger appeared to be a dead
letter, and scarcely an attempt was made to bet on the
Autumn Handicaps.

GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Monitress (taken)
10 to 1 agst Seville (takes)
10 to 1 agst Thalia (taken)
12 to 1 agst Padishah (taken)
12 to 1 agat Weather Star (taken)

JOHN STIRS
25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND,
Executes Commissions on all the moos to any amount.

Tho full market odds laid.
Prico list daily.

Ult. GEo. IVEnu executes commissions, by letter only,
at his rcsideuc3, 123, Q'teea's-cress_mt, Ilaverstock-hill ;
and Its lists pe.ste I daily at the City Arches; also through
his Agent, Ur. F. Butler, near haux's Brewery. Nu con-
nection with zoly other person using the same name.

THE DUNDERBERG.

(Co nnzunicated by a Passenger.)

The Dunderberg, which was built by Mr. W. 11. Webb,
of New York, a gentleman. whose boldness, ingenuity,
and success has drawn forth the admiration and sub-
stantial rewards of three of the first Powers of Europe,
is now lying at Cherbourg, where she is attracting the
interest and curiosity of travellers and naval architects.
The Dunderberg was originally intended for the United
States Navy, she being built under a contract between Mr.
Webb and the Navy Department, by which it was stipu-
lated that the vessel should be built upon Mr. Webb's own
plans, differing though, as they did, from the principles
embodied in the construction of all previous ironclad
vessels. The keel of the Dunderberg was laid in the
summer of 1863, and she was finally completed in
1866. There occurred some differences between Mr.
Webb and the Navy Department as to points in her con-
struction, and when it was thought that these differences
could not bo reconciled, propositions were made by foreign
powers for her purchase. The President refund, however,
co
to allow so formidable a vessel to leave the
country. Upon
an application made by Mr. Webb, the congress of the
United States passed a resolution directin4 that the vessel
should not bo subject to the restraint of the Government,
but should be at the disposal of the owner. Foreign
powers again made overtures, and negotiations wore finally
concluded by her passing under the French flag.
A preliminary trial trip took place at Now York, and the
Dunderberg sailed on the 19th ult., and arrived in Cherbourg
in a fraction more than 14 days. This remarkable passage,
as regards all the essentials of time, speed, buoyancy,
ease of move went, perfection in steering, seaworthi-
ness, economy in the use of fuel, and comfort, make a
new era in naval shipbuilding. The Dunderberg is built
with no dead rise—that is, flat-bottomed, a feature never
before attempted in the construction of heavy-draft
vessels, and all her superiority in a heavy seaway is due
to this fact. It should be remembered that the Dunder-
berg displaces 7,000 tons of water, that she has an extra
weight of 1,100 tons of armour, and carries the heaviest
battery over mounted-350 tons. The sides of the Dun-
derberg are inclined, and make an angle of 60 deg. with the
deck. They are seven foot through, and protected by 31
inches of forged iron. Her engines, which aro two in
number, and of 5,000-horse power, are protected by the
additional thickness of the coal bunkers. The upper deck
is surrounded by a casemate 200 feet in length, GO in
width, and 8 feet in height, and which forms the cover
for the guns. It has a thickness of 4 feet, and its
outside is protected by 4} inches of forged iron. The
sides of the casemate also incline to the deck
an angle of GO dog., thus making it impossible
for a shot to strike any surface at an angle of GO
dogs., and without that angle a projectile fails to penetrate.
The Diciaderberg is a screw ram, and has an enormous prow
secured forward. The backing of this prow is not tem-
porary or disconnected, but is a psalm of the main part
of the hull. The maximum speed of the Dunderberg is
14 knots, and for the greater part of her passage to Francs
she averaged eleven. The Dunderberg is without doubt the
most formidable vessel in the world, and when the oppor-
tunity comes her success as a sea-craft will be excelled by
her brilliancy in action.

A NEW SILK FIBRE.—Au Eastern paper says :
" The Department of State has received information from
the United States Consul at Latnbayeque, Peru, that an
important discovery has been made in Peru of the silk
plant. Preparations are being made to cultivate it upon
an extensive scale. The shrub is enclosed in a pod, of
which each plant gives a great number, and is declared to
be superior, in fineness and in quality, to the produrtions
of the silkworm. It is a wild perennial, the seed small,
and easily separated from the fibre. The ste►ns of the
plant produce a lung and very brilliant fibre, superior in
strength and beauty to the finest linen thread. Small
quantities have been woven in the rude manner of the
Indians, and the texture and brilliancy is said to be un-
surpassed. •
A FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE.—It was an-
nounced some time ago that the French Government had
authorised au Anglo-French company to lay a telegraphic
cable from Brest to the Atnericau continent. The Petris
says that the preliminary soundings are complete. The
cable will be laid from Brest to St. Pierre 3liquelon, it
having been ascertained that the bottom of the ocean
along that line is favourable to the design. Prom St.
Pierre it will go along the coast of New Brunswick and
the shores of the States of Maine, New Hampshir,
•
Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The immersion of the
cable, now making in London, is to begin in May next
year, and the Great Eastern is to be employed to lay it.
It is hoped that a month will suffice for the work, and that
in July, 1868, at latest, Franco and the European
continent will bo in direct telegraphic communication with
America.
LUXEMBURG.—A letter from Luxemburg states
that the Prussian artillery in that town is to leave imme-
diately, and that the few hundreds of infantry will follow
in the course of next week. The military authorities have
received orders to quit on the 9th of September, by which
date the evacuation will be complete.