The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-13 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
QUEENSTOWN, August 11.
The Royal mail steag► ship Africa, from Halifax
and Boston, arrived at 9 a.m. to-day with Il
passengers and $81,314.
She lauded 137 sacks of mails and six passengers,
and proceeded at 9.15. All well.

MR. EDMUND YATES'S new novel in the pages of
All the Year Round will be called " Black Sheep."
Mr. Thos. Hughes, M.P., with Mrs. Hughes and
family, left Dover for the Continent on Friday.
The Earl and Countess of Durham left town oil
Friday last forLambton Castle, Durham.
A TARDY MEMORIAL TO CAPT. COOK.—The in..
habitants of Sydney have resolved to erect a monument in.
their town to commemorate the discovery of their country
by Capt. Cook. The monument is to be completed in 1870,
in which year precisely one century will have elapsed since
the discovery of New South Wales by the English nevi-
gator.
MR. PEABODY AGAIN I—Further acts of munifi-
cence on the part of the Anglo-American banker,
George Peabody, reach us from across the Atlantic, where
Mr. Peabody is at present staying with his relatives. It
is said that a further sum of $150,000 will be bestowed
upon Harvard, Amhurst, and William's Colleges, of Mas-
sachusetts, and the sum of $1,000,000 will be given to the
corporation of Boston for homes for the poor—similar to
the magnificent endowment made by Mr. Peabody in fa-
vour of the poorer classes cf London.
ORIGIN OF THE MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DIN-
NER.—The Ministerial Whitebait Dinner has its
session, says the Athenmum, as regularly as that of Parlia-
ment, but its origin has probably been forgotten by many.
In the old days, when the close of the session was near, Sir
Robert Preston (d P. for Dover) used to invite George
Rose, Secretary of the Treasury, to his Fishing Cottage, on.
Dagenham Lake, Essex. Fish, venison, and rare wines
graced the board, at which Mr. Pitt subsequently became
an annual guest. To better accommodate the Minister,
Sir Robert transferred the place of meeting to Greenwich ;
and to the number of invited guests were added
Lord Camden and Mr. Long (afterwards Lord Farn-
borough). As besides these other guests were soon invited,
an arrangement was agreed upon that Sir Robert should
only in future contribute a buck and champagne annually,
and that the other guests should defray all remaining ex-
penses. Thus matters stood till Pitt's death ; after which
Sir Robert continued to send out the invitations annually,
generally to Cabinet Ministers, and usually then for Trinity
Monday. This arrangement continued till Sir Robert's
death in 1834. Ford Farnborough then issued the invi-
tations ; and since that time the " Fish Dinner" has grown
into an annual institution, at which the Cabinet Ministers
and their friends celebrate the supposed end of toil and the
beginning of an imaginary holiday.

NEW YORK, July 25.—John Brim and about
$lOO,OOO worth of presses and other machinery for making
counterfeit money were seized to-day at No. 43, Maiden--
lane by the revenue officers. Brim has been taken to
gaol.

THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST.—Lord Macaulay
used to tell a story of being bored about "the Number of
the Beast" when he was in India. He arrived late at a
clergyman's bungalow up the country, and was much
fatigued. After supper, fancy his dismay when his host
said, "Mr. Macaulay, 1 positively cannot let you retire till
you state your opinion as to the Number of the Boast." I
answered on the spot, " I have no doubt as to what was
foreshadowed by that mystical number—the British House
of Commons ! The numbers elected-658—the three
clerks at the table, the sergeant-at-arms, and the deputy-
sergeant, the librarian, and the two doorkeepers, making
666," and I rushed to my couch.
OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
TO MARSHALL, TEXAS—NEW ORLEANS, July 25.—The
Southern Pacific Railway is open to Marshall, Texas, and
arrangements are snaking to continue it. The old Ber-
wick's Bay route to Galveston will be opened on the Ist
of August, with three steamers of a week. The time of
travel will be lessened six to ten hours. The work on the
broken levees commences on the Ist of September. Cotton
easier ; sales of 38113.9.1e5. Receipts to-day 102 bales. New
York exchange discount to par. Gold 118 f.
THE GREAT OCEAN RACE FROM CHlNA.—lntel-
ligence has been received at Greenock that four of the
clipper ships engaged in the race from China with this
season's teas passed Anger point as follows :—Fiery Cross,
June 19 ; Arid], June 20 ; Taepin, June 20; Serica, June
22. The Fiery Cross got over the Min Bar on 29th May,
the Series, Taeping, and Ariel on the 30th. Thus, the
Fiery Cross, Ariel, and Taeping have been each 21 days
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above it will be observed that the contest home is still
likely to prove one of the most extraordinary on record.
The next point at which the fleet maybe reported will be
the Straits of Sunda.—Seetsman.

In the manufacturing districts there has been little
improvement in the general state of business during
the week. At Manchester both cloths and yarns have
been a shade cheaper, while in the woollen districts of
Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, little change of
importance can be reported. The hosiery and lace
departments at Leicester and Nottingham bladvearned-
mained quiet, and at Birmingham,
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