The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-16 00:00:00

TEE SON, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1866.

was 1,464. The superintendent reports a constantly im-
proving character in the circulation, that it is tending
strongly to the more substantial and useful class of
books.

The workmen engaged in raising the ruins of the
steamer Commonwealth, which was burned at her wharf
in Groton last December, on Wednesday succeeded in
obtaining the safe of the boat, which, at the time of the
fire, was in the clerk's office. This safe contained many
valuable papers and about $5OO in greenbacks, which were
found to be but in a slightly damaged condition.
The population of New Jersey, according to the
census in 1865, is 733,700, being an increase of 101,271 in
five years. Pretty good gain for war times !
There is said to be a wonderful profusion of cattle
and domestic fowls in the Shenandoah Valley, considering
the complete devastation it was said to have suffered.

Two young girls in Memphis tried to frighten a
companion by holding dtt the railroad track as a train was
approaching. Tho fright didn't kill her, but the engine
did.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW Yoitx, Juno 26, p.m.

Gold continues comparatively steady, closing at 156
Tho extremes of to-day have been 1541 to 157. There
is not much doing in Government Stocks, and the quota-
tions are firm, the transactions being small at foi mer rates.
Hardly business enough has been done in small stocks to
make quotations. Erie is scarce, and advantage has been
taken of not sfficient stock being on hand for delivery to
" put it up for a turn." There is little else of interest in
the Railway Share Market. After the call, Erie sold up to
601, but soon broke again. The western shares are ne-
glected, and can be borrowed in any amount. The closing
prices were : Ohio Certificates, 27 to 271 ; Canton, 53 to
551 ; Cumberland Coal, 44 to 45 ; Quicksilver, 48 to 481 i
Mariposa Preferred, 211 to 22 ; New York Central, 98 to
984 ; Erie, 59i to 60 ; Hudson River, 1101 ; Reading
1081 to 104 ; Michigan Southern, 781 to 781; Cleveland
and Pittsburg, 83 to 831; Cleveland and Toledo, 1061;
Rock Island, 93/ to 94; North-Western, 291 to 30;
North-Western Preferred, 591 to 591 ; Fort Wayne, 931.
Money is abundant on call at 5 per cent. to good bor-
rowers, and at 6 any reasonable sum can be had on mis-
cellaneous collaterals. Upon Governments 4 per cent. is
taken. In commercial paper no change. The small amount
of really first-class bills offering is taken at low rates, 5 to
51 per cent., and 6 to 61 for good.
Exchange is steady at the following quotations :—Lon-
don, prime bankers, 60 days, 1081 to 109 ; London, primo
bankers, sight, 1101 to 1101; London, prime commercial,
nominal ; Paris, bankers, long, 5.131 to 5.121 ; Paris,
bankers, short, 5.111 to 5.10 ; Antwerp, 5.15 to 5.12; ;
Swiss, 5.15 to 5.121; Hamburg, 36/ to 361 ; Amsterdam,
411; Frankfort, 42 ; Bremen, 791; Berlin, 73 to 74.
The exports (exclusive of specie) from the port of New
York to forlign ports, for the week ending June 26, 1866,
were $2,388,335.

For State Stock and railway mortgages business is
reduced to small limits.

In the Railway Market all shares, except Erie common,
are neglected. At one time Erie sold as high as 631 but
receded to 62}. Buying appears much easier than selling,
for the stock is forced up against a drooping market and
the desperate balance-sheet of the Erie Company.
Money remains easy at 5 to 6 per cent., and upon Govern-
ments 4is taken. In commercial paper there is no change.

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The Treasury will probably pay off the temporary loans
at an early date, which, with the liquidation of the One-year
Certificates, will throw a large sum of money into the mar-
ket and give increased ease.

Exchange is steady at the following quotations: London,
prime bankers, 60 days, 108 k to 1081 ; Loudon, prime
bankers, sight, 1101 to ink ; London, prime commercial,
1061 to 1074 ; Paris, bankers, long, 5.15 to 5.121 ; Paris,
bankers, short, 5.111 to 5.081; Antwerp, 5.161 to 5.131 ;
Swiss,'s.l6l to 5.131; Hamburg, 361 ; Amsterdam, 42 ;
Frankfort, 43 to 44 ; Bremen, 79 ; Berlin, 74.
In freights the engagements to Liverpool aro 50,000
bush. Corn at 4fd. to 5d., and 8,000 boxes Cheese at 20s.
To London, 15,000 bush. Corn at sid. to 6d. To Glas-
gow, 3,500 bush. Corn at 61d. Three vessels were char-
tered to Cork, for orders, with corn at ss.
The business of 'the Sub-Treasury" was : Receipts,
$3,930,843 31—for Customs, $545,000 ; payments,
$2,697,762 98; Balance, $102,634,222 63—gold notes,
$109,000.

NEW YORK, Friday, June 29, p.m.
I take the opportunity of adding a few lines to my letter
of the 26th inst.

Gold closes at 1544, after selling at 1521 to 155. An
attempt by the clique was to-day made to put up the price
of gold. Several plans were tried with a temporary suc-
cess, but not to the extent expected and calculated on by
the speculators.
All kinds of Government Stocks continuo in demand at
improving prices; 5-20 of 1862 rose 1 ; do. of 1865, ;
10-40's, 1; and third series of 7-30's, ; North Carolina
6's rose

(From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Meekly Circular,
July 11.)
From New York per "Scotia," we have advices to the
26th ult. Gold has fluctuated between 58 and 50i premium.
In United States 5-20 Bonds there has been a decline of
per cent. Railroad stocks wore steady, with the excep-
tion of Erie, in which large transactions had taken place
at fluctuating rates. The question whether this Company
would or could pay any dividend was anxiously discussed,
and opinions much divided. •

Via " Greencastle " we have received the following
quotations, being to the 30th ult.:—

United States s:2o's 1041 I Erie, Common
Illinois Centrals 121 1 Gold 1538
The following is the return of the New York Banks :
Discounts. ' Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
8 S 8
June 16 217,301,547 11,217,305 25,817,876 20%415,676
June 23 248,436,808 8,504,096 26,585,394 201,969,388

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Bondholders of this Company will be pleased to learn
that " the additional rails necessary to accommodate
the gauge of the Atlantic and Great Western cars over the
Bellefontaine and Indianapolis Railroad have been laid
through to Indianapolis, so that cars now pass from the
Indiana Railroad centre to Salamanca. Through passen-
gers make but ono change of cars on this route between
New York and Indianapolis." Every circumstance as
timo progresses shows the great ability with which the
Atlantic and Great Western has been designed. It really
appears in a position to command the greatest extent and
variety of traffic of any railroad on the continent of Ame-
rica.

It itlit*Ogled tl9itt the third rail Fill be lel ititpx394y
the Great Western Railway Company on their r0i,447.1h0
month of October. With its aid there will be a uniform
gauge of track from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, be-
tween which freight may be transported in both directions
without those vexatious delays that have hitherto seriously
interfered with our winter business, and without breaking
bulk in its transit from point of shipment to place of de-
livery.

Certain investments in cattle yards and lands in Chicago,
lands in Detroit, and second track to connect at Grand
Trunk Juction by double line from Detroit station,
amounting in all to $510,846.49, being permanent im-
provements, have been charged to construction account.—
By order of the Board,

Boston, June 20, 1866. R. B. FORBES, Vice-President.

We have to report a firm market in London since our
last for American securities. The market has become bare
of stock for United States 5-20 Bonds and Eries, and
prices of each improved respectively to 68 and 39k, but on
receipt of shipments of stock from New York, United
States 5-20's have declined to 66/, and Erie to 38g.
Illinois Shares have been steady from 751 to 76k, though
at one time they touched 771.
Considerable purchases continuo to be made in Atlantic
and Great Western Debentures, but Consolidated Bonds
are less inquired for.

OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR TEE WEER.—United States
6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 67 6i 71 81 71;
Friday, 67/ 1 17 ; Saturday, 67/ 61; Monday, 661 717 1;
Tuesday, 6711 ; Wednesday, 67/ 1a 1. Virginia 5
per Cent Sterling Bonds: Thursday, 50. Virginia 6
per Cent. Dollar Bonds: Saturday, 44 I; Monday, 441 5 ;
Tuesday, 411 ; Wednesday, 441. Atlan. and Gt.
Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1880: Friday,
67 6 ; Tuesday, 66/. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (Penns.
Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1877: Friday, 70; Tues-
day, 70. Atlan. and Great Western Consolidated
Bonds, 1895: Thursday, 47; Friday, 471; Saturday,
47 4 ; Monday, 47/ ; Tuesday, ,47,; Wednesday, 46/
Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid : Thursday, 39 81; Friday,
38 4 71 st I; Saturday, 381; Monday, 39/1; Tuesday,
391' 1; Wednesday, 39 181 1, Illinois Central 6 per
Cent. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, Illinois Shares all
paid : Thursday, 76 ; Friday, 76/ 71; Saturday, 761 51-;
Monday, 761 6 ; Tuesday, 761; Wednesday, 7516.

Witthaus, Miss Prentiss, Mr. H. B. Duncan and servant,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duncan, three children, and three ser-
vants ; Miss Colany, Mr. and Mrs. Marpuand and child,
Madame Drieden, Mrs. Dewer, Mr. G. M. Tibbitts, Mr. G.
Tibbitts, Mrs. Neilson, Mr. A. Baumgartner, Mr. J. B.
Stephenson, Mr. John Mure, Mr. D. A. Botassi, Mr. and
Mrs. Boulugnot, Mrs. Tibbits and daughter, Mr. T. H.
Reakist, Mr. J. Carruthers, Dr. and Mrs. J. Laws, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Grant,.Miss L. Boles, Miss D. Oakley, Mr. A.
S. Wentworth, Mrs. Cleveland and daughter, Miss Easton,
Mr. J. Haigh, jun., Mr. L. Gittings, Miss Smith, Mrs.
Foster, Mr. and Mrs. A. Higgins, Miss Rowe, Mrs.
Bernard, Mr. A. Clark, Mr. S. B. Bernard, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Stickney and son, Mr. A. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Sargent and child, Mr. and Mrs.
T. F. Cushing, Mr. and Mrs. C. Easton, Miss Oakley, Miss
Craig, Rev. F. M. Wood, Rev. M. C. Burt, Mr. A. Nach-
man, Mr. Danzigger, Mr. Hellman, Mr. N. Sanginis, Mr.
F. Labayen, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Matthews, three children,
and servant; Mrs. Labayen, three children, and two ser-
vants ; Mr. C. B. Greenough, Mr. A. Graham, Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Russell, Mr. D. Pretto, Mr. and Mrs. R. John-
ston and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. 11. Farnam, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Ward and three children, Mr. A B. Griswold,
Mr. It. Bayman, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gordon, Miss Rivera,
Miss Whiting, Miss Walton, Miss Gordon, Mr. G. D.
Welsh, Mr. J. R. Whiting, jun., Mr. J. J. Gregg, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Gregory and servant,
Mr. George M'Closky, Mr. W. M'Closky, Mr. Richard
Kipper, Mr. D. Kipper, Mr. and Mrs. L. Perkins, Mr.
Bradford, Mr. Watt, Mr. V. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Read, Mr. J. P. Hoffman, Mr. C. T. Couper, Mr. William
Cassidy, Mr. William Gale, Mr. F. J. Bright, Mr. H. T.
Hollins, Mr. J. H. Savage, Mr. C. F. Hampton, Mr. A.
Mitchell, Mr. W. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wright, Mr. J.
Shillington, Mr. J. H. Levey, Mr. J. M. Mackay, Mr. J.
Leith, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Carnigie, Mr. J. R. Surge, Mr.
H. C. Rivera, Miss White and three Masters White, and
servant ; Mr. de Lancy Wood, Mr. Brown, Miss L. Sorley
and ester, Mr. T. W. House, Mr. and Mrs. W. Meyer, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. F. Weitzell, Mr. F. E. Gunther, Mr. C. J.
Greene, Mr. J. D. Lamb, Mr. J. Fechtenberg, Dr. D. A.
Hedges, Mr. D. H. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cateley,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sorley and three children, Mr. D. O'Sulli-
van, Rev. Mr. Nolan, Mr. L. J. White, Mr. J. H. Power,
Hon A. J. Parker, Mr. J. Withwell, Mr. D. Nicholson,
Mrs. Parker and daughter, Mr. G. A. Hearn, jun., Mr. T.
M. Carnegie, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keep and daughter,
Mr. H. C. Stimson, Miss Cooke and sister, Mr. S. Cooke,
Mr. F. G. Eldredge, Mr. and Mrs. S. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Kopper], Miss Orr, Miss Galway, Mr. W. G. Tiffiny, Mr.
W. J. Florence, Mr. H. L. Bateman, Mr. W. B. Horn-
blower, Mr. J. D. Krenelberg, Mr. E. Prayst, Mr. H. E.
Kemp, Mr. T. Haviland,Mr. F. Hall, Mr. H. P. Duncan and
servant, Mr. H. Y. Thompson, Mr. G. R. Thompson, Mr.
Z. C. Deas, Mr. William Sanderson.

DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS.
List of Cabin Passengers per steam ship BELLONA, Capt.
Dixon, for Now York. Sailed July 8,1866.—Mr. and Mrs.
Wright and two children, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Holman, Mr.
Wolf, Mr. W. Weller, Mr. Davenport, Mr. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Walton and family, Mr. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Stuch-
bury, Miss Reeves, Mr. F. V. Raper, Mr. J. Collier, Mr. G•
Manasteriotti.

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be ashamed of the series of articles put forth during the
rebellion ; one gross tissue of errors, every statement
wrong, every prophecy disproved by time. But all these
added to the difficulties Mr. Adams had to overcome.
That gentleman may rest assured that the day is not far
distant, when the full value of the service ha has rendered,
not only to the country ho represents, but to that also to
which he is accredited, will be freely acknowledged by
two grateful nations.