The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-11 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

The New Principia ; or, ,True System of Astro-
nomy. By R. J. Morrison, F.A.S.L., Coin-

mander R.N.

Captain Morrison has for some years been veil
well kno /ten as a highly accomplished master both of
astronomy and mathematics. He has evidenced hie
ability as a student in each of those grand sciences
by works displaying a large amount of research
and a yet larger amount of originality. Nothing
that he has hitherto written upon either thecae,
however, can in any way vie in daring with the
remarkable pamphlet-treatise here submitted to our
consideration. Although in a purely tentative
manner, it undertakes to sweep altogether on one
aide, as obsolete from this time forth and for ever,
the whole Newtonian System as based upon the
law of gravitation and upon the balance or
equipoise produced by the relative influence upon
each other of the centrifugal and centrepital
forces. Newton's conclusion was " that the power
of gravity was sufficient to give the planets a mo-
tion in a straight line, but that it required the
power of the Almighty to deflect that motion into
an orbit." Not satisfied, according to captain
Morrison, with this partial or inferential profanity*,
as he deems it to have been, the followers of New'
ton, he says, going very much farther than their
master, " refer all motion and nearly all formation
to the power of gravity alone." Sir Isaac Newton's
chief dogma, it will be remembered, is, that " each
particle of matter attracts all other particles in the
universe in the inverse ratio of the distances from
each other." Commenting upon which dictum, our
pamphleteer exclaims, "So that every particle of
matter in a sack of flour attracts every particle in
the miller's snuff-box, and vice versa." Adding,
" How wonderfully this clears up the mystery of
creation, and makes all that was hitherto full of
doubt as plain as a pikestaff !" Captain MorrisodO
first argument against the credibility of the New-
tonian scheme of the Solar System arises out of the
consideration that, although the Earth in going
round the Sun once each year, and being at a die'
Lance from that b.aly of nearly 95,000,000 of
miles—consequently twice each year remov-
ing double that distance, or, iu other words,
190 millions of miles—nevertheless, " we are
informed," he argues, " that this vast and trona'
sous distance makes no kind of difference in the
appearance of the fixed stars as a rule ; and that
the Pole Star, fur instance, does not appear to be
removed even the fraction of a second from its
place at the vernal equinox, when the earth has
reached its destination at the autumnal equinox.
Observe—supposing there were but one second of
parallax discernible, which there is not—the dis-
tance of the Pole Star (the nearest of the filed
stars) from the earth would then be—what? WV,
more than thirty-nine billions one hundred au°
ninety-one thousand millions of miles! To put it is
numerals-39,191,000,000,000 ! But —one seconu
or one fraction of a second of parallax there is not
discernible—"and therefore," argues our Iconoclaa!
of Newtonianism, " the Pole Star must be suppose'
to be much further away." Furthermore, he asks
Is it not far more reasonable and satisfactory
to think and believe that the reason we can dis-
cover no kind of parallax in the Pole Star is, vet
that it exists at this wondrous distance, but that
the earth does not move at all from its place at the
vernal equinox ; and that, therefore, there should
needs be no kind of parallactic angle formed with
the sun." Not only was it the belief of Aristotle
and Ptolemy, he insists, but it was the belief of 3
thousand great men since their day that the earth
r
is at rest and in the centre of the solar system. F,
beyond the authority:of Ptolemy or of Aristotle,
of all the Pagan sages combined is the emphatic allCl
reiterated declaration, he maintains, of King Dalj
as set forth in the ninety-third and ninety-ait
Psalms, "The earth is established and cannot beat
all shaken"—in Hebrew Alph thacun thabel, bei
ihamut —in Latin (the Vulgate) Etenim
_firma° 0
orbemterrx, qui non conzmovebitur—inFrench (Jaques
de Bay, 1572) Certainement it a affermy le monde'
lequel ne se bouge point—or, in the English versioef
" The world, also, is stablished, that it cannot1)o11
moved," or, in other words, " cannot be at 11,_.
shaken." Hence, " The New Principia, or the
True System of Astronomy," as here set forth hi
R. J. Morrison, F.A.S.L., Commander R.N. In
it, that is, .in this daring little treatise of 64 page!:
" TheXarth is proved [to quote the declaration on
its title page] to be the Stationary Centre of
~0„,
Solar System." Not only that, but—again quntll3z'
the words of the title-page—" the sun is shown ""
be only 365,006 miles from the earth—and the
moon only 32,828.5 miles distant"—the sun travee
ling yearly in an ellipse around the earth the
other planets moving about the sun in elliPs./
also. How all this is " demonstrated" by CaPta,slo
Morrison, the reader may readily understand:,,
turning to an examination of the pamphlet iteell,
a pamphlet as daring in its design as in its very
title as " The New Principia."

A p t"
HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.-^-41"
liamentary paper shows that under the Act of 1866 -co
Public Works Loan Commissioners have agreed to adVsrit,
£lB,OOO for the erection at Penge of thirty pairs of 0%
roomed cottages and thirty pairs of five-roomed cottegi
by the Metropolitan Association for improving the 6Wei;
lings of the industrious classes ; £2,500 for the erectioev
Highgate of forty-eight tenements of two rooms eacl3ooo
the Highgate Dwellings Improvement Company; .42'r'fe
for the errection of six blocks six stories high on the a
tannia-street Estate, King's-cross-road, by the IraPr°lleso
Industrial Dwellings Company, the blocks to eoraP4l.o-00
tenements of one, two, three, or four rooms each ;
the erection, by the same company at Greenwich, of ;we
blocks to contain forty separate dwellings, twenty of co.
rooms, and twenty of three rooms ; £20,000 for the eroi%
tion by the same company, and also at Greenwich, °f log
blocks, each to contain twelve tenements of two r° the
each, and twelve of three rooms; and £13,000
erection at Liverpool, by the corporation, of 146 080000
dwellings, 84 of two rooms each, 42 of three Iv •ee
each, twenty of four rooms each. The borrowers 6;1 of
security of the estimated value of double the aron°
the loans.
LONDON STATUES —Six years ago a Par-It fe
tary return gave a list of public statues or nionunl°ll;,
London belonging to the nation, exclusive a 0,05,3-, of
palaces (other than St. Stephen's-:fall, in the Pala that
Westminster) or in• cathedrals. The list sheiv°‘: of
there were then 18 such statues in the open ea'vriug
Achilles, Richard Coour de Lion, King Charles
James James IL, Queen Anne (two), King G°°,l ,11e of
King George 111. (too), King George IV., the Gee.
Kent, the Duke of Wellington (two), Lord Nolson,a
Sir C. Napier, Canning, Major-General Havelock, 011311,..
Jenner. There are also 12 statues in St. StePhell'6-,,,ioat
viz., of Hampden, Selden, Walpole, Falkland, Oar' and
Souurs, Mansfield, Fox, Chatham, Pitt, Grata!,
wo
Burke. Mr. Hankey, on whose motion that rcturoitio-
ordered, has now, on a liko motion, obtained a suPPforioer•
iho
tary return of statues erected since the date of Nito.
It adds nine more to the list—the statues of St
erigor, erected in 1863 in the grounds of Chelsei;oo of
tal ; of Sir Charles Barry, erected in 1865 in the 1". 140. the
Westminster ; of Sir J. Franklin, erected in 186(' 1 ,et
garden of Carlton-house-terraco; and s.:(
unfinished, in Westminster-hall, of King Jan'°B„, sing
Charles 1., King Charles 11., King William Licio•wprio
George IV., and King William IV. The 115t50 poiee
every Sovereign of this kingdom since the and exce
1., except King George I. and Queen Victorta,_,.
aastoues
also Queen Mary, the consort of William 111. 1"
`,recte"
of Sir J. M‘Grigor and Sir Chas. Barry
rlitutteptari
subscription ; the seven last-mentioned bwery
Ku
grant.

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[Teat: COMMERCIAL INT.ILLIONNC2, iontevideau 6 per Cent.
11 iorish Imperial 5 per Cent -
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Do. Deferred - st Caledonian ... .. too 76 70.)
CITY, Two o'CLocK. Do Laud
at Cambrian Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 - - Cork and Bandon.-- - - -
The Stock Markets are very steady, with little or tic to Cornwall....--. all Si 4
Do Account - 7SI i 1 9 at Dublin & Belfast June. 100 75 71
August 9. alteration from the closing prices of yesterday. The Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) - at Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc. 100 70 72
of Kent, ae' downward tendency that was a feature upon the Do 44 per Cent., 1862 • - - E. London, scrip Get 0. all - -
CC Leopold, announcement of the French loan has disappeared, at p Do. Account i ~ . , , 3si i Do. leo -- 0
least ••t s rruese 3 per Gt., 1853, 6, 'I, '9,'60,'2.'1, 384 st Glasgow at S. Western 100 95 97
:rne at 10.30 inepsartially ; and, notwithstanding the absence of °Do.° do. 1' 67 at Greats astern ..
bus -
at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 13 9
3 011 the part of the public, the market, upon Do. do. Scrip, £2o paid - at Great North oi Scotlanei 100 15 6
• the least return of animation would probably recover. R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St - at Great Northern ; 100 ICO 1(7 lon
tile journei
i too loal .0 i i
The Funds remain at previous quotations. The prig- Do 44 por Cent. 1850
drive out ill eipal foreign stocks are without variation, and railways Do 41 per Cent., 1860 -
Do 3 per Cent., 1859 - -
are preSenting no special features. In Aincrican secu-
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 e -
st tits, and W. 01 Ireland, 100 07 vs
Do. Angle-DutCh, 1861, £lOO ""
871
81
i at Gt. Western -Original hi) 1/ 401 491 i
lilies the Five-Twenty Bonds are a little better on
Fonds.,, - at Do. 6. Val. Rail gun. 100 - -
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Purchases for Germany. Do. do. £Bl 15s. d0..._ - at Do. South Wales .... 1(0 63 55
Its, attended The discount market is unaltered, and steady at 1/ Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds
£34 15e. do O3I 4- at Do. W..611d.-Oxloni 100 z 8 13
Kuollys, and to 1 ;IT per cent. Do. do
1 o Nicolas Railway - at Do. Newport lOO 18 32
last evening 4The Funds are steady at yesterday's improvement, ,
for
SpanishSarlinian 5 per Cent 66a i at Do. Dereiore........ 100 -
at Lancashire A Yorkshire 100 13) 130, 1304 1
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at 94 to 94k for money, and 94k to 94} - at London and Blackwall 100 - -
3 per Con ... at Lou., Brigh., 4S. Coast 100 52 634 331 4
acc)unt. New and Reduced Three per Cents., Do. Account -
at I on., Chat., and Dover 100 2u 201 20
04k to 94k ; Bank Stock, 217 to 249 ; Exchequer Do. 1867 -
at Do. 51etrop. Ex. A.. 100 -
- at Len. St North Western 100 115 117 131 1 1
Bills 14$ to 18s prem.; India Five per Cent. Stock, Do. Account
114 k to 115. Do' New Deferred - at Len. St South Western 100 91 43 94 4
In the Foreign market one of the 2eatures is a Do. Account ,
34
r 1 of Astro- further
decline of fin Portuguese, which are now Do. Passive
- ata 311teatnr.0,,,8011eitta.,04 Lincoln 100 43 14 434
at Do. Extension....,. 100 113 115
Do. Acc. out
Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded., - 10 Do. New lO
L- -
5.., Do.(;pin'(;pin'
' quoted at 37:1 to 38i. Italians are also a pointat ( Metropolitan District. all 77 60
lower, at 521 to 531. Egyptian, 844 to 851 ; ditto Do. Account - -
Viceroy, 72* to 721. Mexican, Creek, Spanish, _
1,) Do. and St. John's W'o 6 - -
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan - at Midland
irs been veil Turkish, and Peruvian Stocks are unaltered. Danu- Do Government, 1864 - at Do. £9 Share - - -
Laster both of i hien, 75 to 76. Do do, 1868
English Railway Shares are without particular Do do, Scrip _ - Itid Kent . - -
evidenced his
feature. Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Nor- Turkish 6 per Cent. - at North British
ct Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun 101) - -
land sciences them (A) are each ± lower, and Great Eastern I-, but Do Account - at 7th. Eastern-Berwios 100 102 104
25 Do. G.N'E purchase 16.13.4 - -
of research Metropolitan is k better. The following are the
quotations :-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 130± to Do Account - at Do. Leeda ..... ..... 100 66 55 57
1. Noticing 1301 ; Midland, 107 to 1071 ; South Eastern, 77 to Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 - a - Do. York lOO 92 94 92
at Do. Carlisle .....
ither theta,
771 ;Great Northern, 106 to 107 ; ditto (A) 1031 Do Account
ing with the to 104 ; Great Eastern, 38k to 381 ; Great West- Do .£lOO Bonds - - Do. do. 1860-61
at North London - -- P
100 119 121
nutted to our
53 to; Do. 1863
ern, 49 to 4%. • London, Brighton and South Coast, Do 5 per Cent., 1865 - Do. do. 1801 5 - -
5131;
d-o_Ln'onadnodn and North-Western t
h iv- 10 Do. do. 1866
ly tentative '
106/estern9i 106 to Do Account
at N. AS. W. Junction .. 100 107 to
3ther on one Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 43 to 431 ; Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Do t per Cent., Guaranteed -
••• -- . - Scottish Central - --.-
- Scot. N. E , Aber. stock - - -
Ind for ever, Metropolitan, 1 7
and London, Chatham,
1 to 1171-
and ' Venezuela, 3 per Cent. - - Do. Soot, Mid. stook - - -
, Caledonian 761 to 77 ; Do 6 por Cont., 1862
ed upon the - at Shropshire Union .... 100 57 5J
balance or Foreiou Riil Dover, 191 to 201.
. ways are steady. Lombardo, 16 to
16Ak ; G6reat Luxemburg, 12k to 121. Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates 231 I i at South Devon lOO 45 47
it South Eastern . _ 100 77 774 771 I
Iluence upon Dividends on the above payable in Lon lon. 20 Staines, Wok., a Wok all 11 12
merican Securities are firm. United States 5-20 at Call Vale lOO 148 152
1 centrepital • Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... - 10 Do. C .
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Bonds are k better, at 71k to 72k ; Illinois f, at Belgian, 44 per cent.,,Ex. 25f.. - V ale of NeaSh. - - -
at the power Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Ginl„ - at Waterford A Kilkenny 100 - -
92 to 93 ; Erie Shares steady, at 37 to 38.
,Erie
io Waterloo A Whlteha.l 6 - -
>lanets a we' D. Account -
Mining Shares are extremely quiet. French Rentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. - , ,
required the Rossa. Grande remains at ito 1 prem ; St. John del Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. -
motion into 11eY,19 to 20/ ; Port Philip, 11 to 11; Chontales, Do. Account 53 BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
to Captain 24 «0 2i.CLOSING PRICES. 100 AtlantioStSt.LeAvrenee all as 58
. Finance Shares are without feature Credit Foncier Consols, Money 9n 4 Bom.,Baroda, aCen.ln. too .„ ,„,
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et 1
al profanity, 91 1 gu. 5 per cent..
Tis . quoted at 21 to 3 ; General Credit, 22- to 24 dis.; Do. Account, Sept. 8
20 Do. I,' shares lB I i P
rers of New' International Finance, li to 11 dis. 204 Buffalo Az Lake Huron all a 4
sr than their '
Bank to Do. Preference
Shares are dull. London and County MARKE7 S- 7Hi S DAY.
Do 1 Bull.,l3rant, 4 Goderich
all formation and London and Westminster are each 4 lower, being - -.... 6 p.c. 1872-3-5 lOO 68 71
Lac Newton's ..cluoled at 51 to 52, and 671 to 68i ex div. respec- COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. at Calcutta &8. E., lim too - - ,
alvei at Jape gun. 6 per cent lOO 62 67
that " each .Y. Union of London, 35 to 36 ex div. ; London Sugar.-The market opens firm but quiet, all 101 163
B'ook 32k + 334
with only 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p 1
at East Bengal, gu., 6do 100 106 IC7 1351
rticles in the 4g . , ..,0 ex div.; Oriental, 44 to moderate supplies on offer.
at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 it. 7 1 8 10;1 u ; Imperial Ottoman, ito k prem.; Imperial, 17 Coffeo.-Demand is steady, and prices the same as last 20 Do. Lsh res.... - - `
istances fronl
1°4,182; Consolidated, 4i- to 4k ; Chartered 11Iercan- week. at 'rand Trunkof Canada 100 161 17,
Li dictum, our 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
A. 11! 8i to 294 ; Anglo-Austrian, 64 to 7 prem. ; Tea.-Public sales of Indian have opened with a mode- 1 charge 0 p.c all 78 62
I particle of lance 10
12.- , Ito 9/ dis. ; Agra (A shares), 111 to rate competition at late rates generally. 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52
ry particle in
at_ terday's
Colonial Cocoa.-Good qualities are film, common dull, and the
100 De. Id Prtl. Bonne all 38 40
100 Do. do deferred
_ all - -
-'' Adding,
yed , Government Securities have been steady market still quiet. Of 1,021 bags Trinidad at auction only 100 Du. do. dderred - -
quotations :-Canada Six per Cent., 150 sold. Commons, 48s to 51s ; middling, 57s to 60s ; 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook__ all 26 28
mystery of
49d to 105 ; ditto Five per Cent., 90 to 92; Mau- NO Do. do. deferred - -
fine, 82s. 132 bags Grenada brought in 48s ; 600 bags
100 Do. 4th Prof. stook., all 19 2 )
,lierto full of ritius Si
Wales
Fivex per Cent., 103 to 105 ; New South
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u Morrison*Guayaquil at 55s ; and 111 bags Bahia at 375 to 48s per 100 Do. do. deterred - -
at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e lOO 1074 1(8, ti 71
~..,.. per Cent., 99 to 101 •; New Zealand Six , cwt.
t,..r ueut , 110 to 112 ; Queeasland Six per Cent. 13 10. News per cent lB 14 2li
of the New'
;es out of tb° 'O5 to 1.06
, ; Victoria Six per Cent., 114 to 115. , Oils steady, linseed 30s 9d ; rape smaller. Turpentine a Do. New gun. Ap.cB 14 2 r
at 'Jt.South of India
Miscellaneoustiolinn,, Securities there is little business flat, at 275.
gua. 5 per cent
rth in going
Atlanti T D.,. 41 per cent 4O 09 101
st
ing at a dis' • Hudson's • is -
40,,5e..
_. Bay ll6 lower, at 15± to 151 ; American Tallow-This market is quiet, at 44s 6d spot,
45s Gd last three months. 1:0 0 - -
to American
oni., -k di
Telegraph, 21 9-16 to 21 11-16 ;
0,000,000 of Hey- and Straw.-Supplies at Whitechapel are still light, 204 .3reat Wee. f Canada- all Hi Hi 13
Do. New ... -
warehouse, c Telegraph 8 per cent., 4t044 ;" Fore-street and our rates of Saturday remain unchanged. 100 Do. 6p. o Bf.s. pay. 1873 all 99 101
ear reams's. to 1 prem.; London General 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 91 91
other words' muus 11 to
The Committee' 2. Pot t S a oes.- uppres sent in moderate, and the trade dull
at our last quotations. at Do. 41 do lOO 100 102
"we are of the Stock Exchange have this at Iladras, gua. 5 p.o
100 05 97
day appointed COTTON. at Do. 4i do . lt-'74 105] 4
and tremeri- tlaY in the Thursday, the 13th inst. a special settling
LivEnroon, Aug. 11.-Sales probably 10,000 bales. 20 Do. fifth Extension a'l - _
erence in the 44,000 0 English Scrip and Piii'd Up Scrip for
Market steady. Hell). Cor. 6p. c. Beds. 100 - _
53 ,llel. A Hobson's Bay.. all - -
ce,.
~. 00 of the Egyptian Government Seven per - N.ll.l.C'da,fspo Ist pf.ba. 100 83 15
le ; and that e,,ll2ni.Lean, 1868, which are to be marked. The - et Dude 41thiik'nd, g. 5 p.o 100 1054 106 i
stevo:__ lt,ee have_ also ordered the shares of the Union THE GREAT FIRE IN THE BOROUGIL-LATEST at Soinde ..... ..... .1
_: 100 1024 1(34
appear to b°
PARTICULARS.-This Day. at Do. Delhi
:ond from ltd lists, Company to be quoted in the official 20 Do. do
-..5.•
et Do. Puniaub.... :73.1 100 1011 1024
the earth lies rt. Pm'''. ials against During the whole of last night and this morning the fire- at Do.lndus Stine t to 100 - -
the Marine Estates Company
'al equinox. men of the Metropolitan Board of Works and the London
united) are to be sent in by the 31st inst. to the COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
ne second of "o Witter
W s, Mr. Michael Banes and Mr. James in endeavour-
itAdell. Salvage corps have been actively employed
8 rßr:tisb Columbia, 6 per;
tot-the gig" ing to extinguish the great body of fire that still exists 1 oent., 1872.... ' 100 - -
dlOO 103 105 1034 4
ra,,The. subscription list of the New French Loan
of the fixe under the hops in the two immense warNouses. Every - c_titia-oBvid p
.. a
..................
art
in Paris at five o'clock on Thursday, the 13th
what? WhY hour that the fire remains must toll against the
coo
102 )(.
d or 2. and in London at the offices of the General l some Mar. A 100 104 106
value of the expensive artic e. Already hundred - Do. sp. o. SeptP 91
aundred au ,iit and - Do. sp. 0. Jan. lc July 100 U3 914 2
two
_„ Discount 'Company, No. 7, Lothbury, at Pockets have been consumed, and under many other _
Do sp. o. Inscribed sit 100 90 92
To put it in TL° clock of the same day. stacks the fire is like a furnace, the firemen being unable - - Do.l 6p. o. ...... A; Aug g
a ue traffic 90-1900 100 111 113
-one secon . 001 return of the South Eastern Railway to make the water pass through the outer skin of the -
- 000. Ap
l'lthlt 181880-91, 100 107 109
t parry forD , do
Cap.(' ~Hope, 6p.c.1873 100 102 104
c there is n° I cow... - this week Shows an increase of £122 as Parcels, and therefore some thousands pounds worth of _ Do. Jan.4July, 1891 lOO 108 110
. eared With last year.
ur Iconoclast goods have already boon so far burned or damaged by - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
100 03 .00
~ an extraordinar 1 ' f 1 tth t the leaf will only be fit to be used for m and 15 Oct., 1900 anure. - :eank of „. • y genera meeting ot le Englishwa er a
Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c 100 118 110
; be supposed
Inst , Rio de Janeiro has been called for the 19th The many packets that the Salvage Corps saved have, by _ Do. 1872, do lOO 103 107
iore, he asks !Lai; for the purpose of confirming the special reso- order of Mr. Swinton, the superintendent, been properly - llauritius, 6p. o, 1875,
,i, ,11e8 passed at the meeting on the 3rd inst. 100 104 106
satisfactory Jan. and July
covered against rain, and wi:l realise a considerable - Do. 1378 .
we can die' 041 u ordinary general meeting of the Bow Brewery
r PallY has be sum when the salvage is sold. The brigade authori- - o. 1882, May and Nov. 102 ice :4
Star is, ilc't Ills 1. en convened for the 19th inst. ti a and the surveyors to the different insurance
Natal oov. 6 per cent.. 100 -- -
t Pores, 141 f-Yeftrly meeting of the proprietors of the- Do. 1895, Feb. St Aug,. 100
offices interested in the loss were this morning - N. 8.G01v.6.p.0.J a..t.luly 100 99 10
ce, but the in t ' of 11,2101 Railway will be held on the 27th • •
s ant. actively engaged in ascertaining that each - the amount _ N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,186e1100 91 101
place at the
ld 7.111 company will be responsible for, but as yet it is almost _ Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 O; 100 19 -,101
Do. 5 p.a. 1888 to 1896 100 99 10- .1 0
there shot". t e half-
ern-, . yearly general meeting of the Great Wes- impossible for them to arrive at anything like a correct - sew Zealand, 6p. (sent 100 9---ii
vs--4
formed wittz next. "uway has been called for the 3rd of September estimate. The same gentlemen wore also engaged in - 1 Do.? percent.,... ••• 100
- _ ova Sootia Gov. Bp. o.
of Aristotl° The d. trying to find out the origin of the fire, as some of the sterling, 1875 llO 101 103
Le belief of 3 nave 'rectors of the Hayling Railways Company neighbours had reported that the flames commenced in - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 105 106
jo " convened the half-yearly meeting for the 29th- s.Aus.Gov.6p,o.lBeJ 77 100 - -
stant.
hat the earth- Do. 1878 4up wards ll.O 110 ill
„,,r The the hop houses from spontaneous ignition. They, however,
system. x ' 1 Gone-e half-
-a yearly meeting of the British Rock Salt
A t" nY will be held on the 25th instant. gleaned sufficient evidence to satisfy them that instead of
....- ViDeoGodvn..6Apgasgutiy. 110000
the fire commencing in the warehouse, it began in the
Aristotle, of BRITI3II MINKS.
: rid , irawfurther sum of £36,000 in bar gold was with- stables of Mr. Russell, or else in the carpenters' work- l-12 11-4
emphatic 11
-
id rom shops over belonging to
-
- Chiverton 9/ I 14
f King llav 1. Ile directorsth Bank yesterday,
Coos of the Yudanainutana Copper Mining ' Mr. Drewett. From the inquiries -- Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1 - -
Clifford Amalgamated. 33/ 1 2
'ttllMr. White, the assessor to the County Fire Office, made, -
1 420 430
ninety-el- 113Panv
at Idviee - of South Australia (Limited), have received Drakewalls
he has not the least doubt upon that point; and Police- -- Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst
21 i 1
i cannot be InEast Bassett (Illogan) 334 le 12
, htl from their superintendent dated A •
Jane it, ~ Adelaide constable 141 M, who discovered the fire, states that the :::
first glare of light ho saw came from the stables and work- - East Caradon
-__ East Cam Brea 2.14.6 3 4
r 1 thabet, - .
. 13th • vtll, and from Captain Terrell, dated June
il •---" 131111 East Grenville . ... 3.12.6 14 2
enim frnlav last [no , inon Mine.-I have put four men this shop at the same moment, and in less time than he could
ha, htn to c • knockofthe there •ty feet of - East Gunnislak
any
- East Lovell e .. A 4
reach (Jag ueB ve sun, continue sinking No. 2 Winze •; they3.9.o 8 9
Oeati •h' about 10 feet, and I find the lode has both floors in a blaze, and the horses were kicking, plung-
E. Wu Ituasell (Tavistk 12 15.6 1 1
.my le monde,
to d .3' unproved ;in fact, it is nearly as rich as the ing, and moaning fearfully. The noise they made con- - (.= rm.& StAubyn(G wen. 72 2 4
gush versiofit ein No .
ha Wide, sop • 1 Winze. It is from 2ft. 6in. to 3ft. vinced him that the fire woo iu some part of the building, - Great Laxey, limited.. all 16 17
4 Great South Tolgus.... 1.4.0 - -
it C3.11110t ' .17er 1„ ;111 ore, which is much better than the lode more especially as no other building had then taken. fire.
- 'Great Wheal 8u5y..... 14.9.6 - -
all ! , ~oged fro The two first officials who arrived to render assistance, - G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 15 16
)t be at ' 011. The 1 m the time we began to sink from the - .3renvi11e...... ........ 114 11 14
the is it is necessary to state (because it has gone abroad that
Di pia, Or .„ as ode in the bottom of No. 1 Winze - Ilerod's Foot .... /I.lw, 38 40
the firemen had to wait an hour before they could get _ ilingston Downs 6.10.6 24 21
&heg"(-1 as last report ,-a splendid lode.
set forth Di
r. th sipPe.
in the back ' '
4 o of the 25-fathom aim 10-
, water), were Mr. Favor, the turncock of the district, and - Margaret (Uny Le1ant113.17.6 6 8
- garke Valley 4.10.6 7 74
ler R.N. 1-13 L 14 ley 1 Mr. Hays, the inspector. Before au engine came up a - Awyndy Iron Ore, lin) 3.7.0 21 It
ast Iv eis are looking the same as last report.
of 64 pageo, th h eek I Put -
..1 594 60 70
e ottoir. a pair of men to clean up a winze in plug was drawn facing the Horse and Groom, and sufficient 4 New Set=
51.17.0 5 7
It _., -f ,_, _ - North Itasla ear
water was obtained to supply one of the land steamers by - N.w.
__
leclaration °II apne, u. Liao 25 and direct under the No. 1 shaft.n Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 -
no Shand, Mason, and Co., and also to allow two dummies - North Wheal Crotty
!entre of t- Nit '4B this place had been abandoned. We have
()pi:. very.
to be used from the same plug. That the water - Prosper United......., 8.11.0 2 24
ntia promising lOn of „. g branch of ore. I have a good _ ---.... Providence (tiny Lelan t 11.6.7 20 23
Igain qu....
to ;Its po3sib, this place, and shall push the work as fast was ready before an engine came up is manifest,
S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 360 330
a is shown
he tng'ly . 'e• The mine altogether is looking exceed- for the turncock and the inspector ran down King-stn et - South Condurrow 3.18.6 1 4
rth-and t- c well
th°llsider v: ninre ore in sight every month. I and beckoned to the coachman to stop the speed of the
....
-s. Wheal Fran. (1110gan18.18.9 174 19;
Stray Park . '41,0.8 4 6
1-
le sun trave see fhave ore enough in sight to last us, with engine for fear he should proceed beyond the fire-main. - rin Croft
-__ 7igra and Clo(gnaino4lainin all -i -14
v 14 16
t. the b urn
0 Pert aces in full work, two years. This must Other engines followed in rapid succession, and they Were
o eartu---- West liassett
n in elliPsel "J
grAtifying to the directors." taken to the most commanding positions, and plugs _ W. Caradon (Liskeard 204 10 12
taia were drawn all round the different streets and courts, but - westChiverton lO 61 61
" by cap- i3Rltho immense hop-warehouses and so many other promises
....- west 5et0n......, 47a 190 200
~ TlBll FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 62 67
alder Stand oli
8 Per "P_ aNMENT FUNDS. being in flames, had the floatingengines, with the supply of -, Wheal Buller (Redruth 2215 4 6
Ir..
- Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 29 22
phlet itse' , ' Dittoe4t• Consols 944 434 the Thames been used, they would hardly have been able -
VvvVhheeaall TSertelanwney (Ids.' 6.51874.0 6°B
1550
a
sin its Ye" 14.1)eroent .ocTunt, Sept. 8 - to do more good than the land steam and manual power -
- -

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tiotiRITIS,II FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a „,, VERNMENT FUNDS.
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8 eiitto for Account, Sept. 8
941
lit'," Cent. Reduced
944 4 4 i
ii.e't a per Cent
_
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A °. 5 per Ceni...lan. 1873
o.tlnuities, 80 rs expire sth Jan., 1880 —.
1101)0,,or 30 yrYs, ?expire sth April 1885 124 i
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115 144
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1044
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7 1867
...... .............. ••• , 921
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The two first officials who arrived to render assistance,
it is necessary to state (because it has gone abroad that
the firemen had to wait an hour before they could get
water), were Mr. Pavor, the turncock of the district, and
Mr. Hays, the inspector. Before au engine came up a
plug was drawn facing the Horse and Groom, and sufficient
water was obtained to supply one of the land steamers by
Shand, Mason, and Co., and also to allow two dummies
to be used from the same plug. That the water
was ready before an engine came up is manifest,
for the turncock and the inspector ran down King-stn et
and beckoned to the coachman to stop the speed of the
engine for fear he should proceed beyond the fire-main.
Other engines followed in rapid succession, and they were
taken to the most commanding positions, and plugs
were drawn all round the different streets and courts, but
the immense hop-warehouses and so many other premises
being in flames, had the floating engines, with the supply of
the Thames been used, they would hardly have been able
to do more good than the land steam and manual power
engines. One principal cause of the fire extending with
such rapidity in the warehouses was that the iron
doors between each floor being so slight they ex-
panded and allowed the fire to pass through. In the
northern hop warehouse matters appear to have been bet-
ter managed, for there the doors are what are termed
patent reliance, being composed of double sheet-iron, and
stuffed with a sort of preparation, and notwithstanding the
building was exposed to intense heat the damage was con-
fined to the front, although one of the doors was broken
open by the mob. Messrs. Story, Smith, and Co., the
owners, will not be put to any material inconvenience by
the disastrous event that has so seriously affected their
neighbours. At 10 o'clock this forenoon several of Beck
and Co.'s patent hydrants were discharging water upon
the still smouldering ruins, and it required the assistance
of Mr. Superintendent Dunlop and Inspectors Turpin and
Manson to keep the crowd of idlers out of danger.

7011E14N RAILWAYr.
Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua, 7.per cent., 161
Groat Luxembourg, 121
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), 31
San PAlllo,llill., gua. 6 per cent., 171
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161
110013E1G21(
St. John del Ito,. llm 111 20
Vanoourer Coal, 6j

BANILZ.

Agra, Um.. A, 12
Ditto, B, t+}Anglo-Austrian, li
Australasia, 5i
Bank 0! utago, Ilm., 5
BtiaanrkteortedNe4iver.o. Zealand,in a. 7iLondon, and China. 29
dl
Chartered l
Consolidated, lira, 4s.
Imperial Ottoman, lul ;
London and County, 153
London Joint Stook. 321
London and Westminster. 63 7i
Ditto, Scrip, 48; I
Oriental Bank Corporation, 441
Union of London, 35h i

DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.—A shepherd named
William Bragg, 50 years of age, was engaged on Pitt
farm, near Barnstaple, on Friday, when he was observed
to fall suddenly on his face. Ile was picked up dead. A
surgeon said there was no doubt death was caused by sun-
stroke.

MISCIOLLANEOUni
Anglo American Telegraph, 21i I
Agici-Mexican Mint, 15i
Atlantic Telegraph, 371
Ditto, 8 per cent , e2l 80
Australian Mort. Land and Finance, 11m., 5
Berlin Water Works, 14
City Offices, lira., 34
Corn any of African Merchants, llm., 2 11-16
Credit Fonder of England. lim., a 9i
Ebbw Vale StcA, Iron, and Coal, tim.,
Egyptian a per Cent., Viceroy Loan, g; us 91 1,
Electric and International Telegraph, 2274
New Zealand Loau and Mer. Agi.ncy, lim., 2 15-14
l'eninsula and Oriental team, 44
Di to, new, 1867, 104
Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 114
Submarine Telegraph, 9)
Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, VSI
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan,

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A VERDICT BY LorrEnt—A memorial, signed
by the mayor and about 100 of the most respectable in-
habitants of Cardiff, has been forwarded to Mr. Gathorne
Hardy, the Home Secretary, praying that the verdict of
the jury may be set aside in the case of John Richards,
who was found guilty of the manslaughter of John Butler,
on the let of May last, in Caroline-street, Cardiff, and was
sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. The jury, it is
admitted, cast lots to decide whether a verdict of guilty
or not guilty should be returned. After the verdict had
been returned six of the lottery papers were found on
which the words "Not Guilty" had been written, thus
showing that at least one-half of the jury were against the
conviction.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 18
Do
...

FATAL ACCIDENT AT CIIAMOUNIX.—A correspon-
dent of the Times, in a letter dated Chamounix, August 6,
says :—" A few minutes after my arrival here there was
carried past the window of this hotel the dead body of a
young lady, Miss Stevens, who was killed at the bier de
Glace. She was here on a visit with her mother, brother,
and sister. From what I can gather, this unfortunate
young lady was with her Mends, and happening to touch
something with her alpenstock, a very largo stone be-
came detached, and falling upon her head killed her in-
stantly. "The event has naturally thrown a gseat gloom
over the place."

Rotterdam — 11 19i
Autwerp 25 35
Brussels

Ilatuburgn l3 10 ...
Short ... 23 1.0
Paris

11 18}
12 i

12
25 40
25 40

13 10k
25 20

-
Ditto • 3 Js. ... 2., 30 ... '26 35
Mraseilles
Frankfort-on-the-IL:in ... 120 ... leo}
Vienna — ... 11 574 ... 11 65
Trieste — ... 11 574 ... 11 65
Petersburg
Copenhagen •.. ... 9 17 ... 9 20
Berlin
... 6 26} ... 6 264
AO 10.

Madrid..
Cadi7

Mad Arne Paul Demidoff, nee Princess° Mict-
seher.ky, has died during her confinement at
lleitzing, near Vienna, at the early age of twenty-
ouc. Madame Demidoff was remarkable for her
beauty.

Leghorn
Milan

Gonoa —

• 27 75
• 27 75

~. 27 75 ..,

Palermo 27 75 ... 27 85
- 27 75 17 85
Messina
Lisbon
-51 f 51
Oporto

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1868,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TIIIB DAY.

111 E PO,ST-OFFICE.

The 14th report of the Postmaster-General on
i I the Post-office was issued yesterday morning, and
contains much valuable and interesting information.
; It appears from the tabular statements respecting
receptacles for letters, that at the close of 1867 there
' was one receptacle for every 296 houses in England
and Wales, one for every 252 houses in Scotland,
and one for every 437 houses in Ireland. During
the vear 1866 free deliveries were fur the first time
I established at 351 places (exclusive of single houses)
in the United Kingdom ; and in the same period
additional free deliveries were given to 124 places,
while the boundaries of 206 other free deliveries
were enlarged. During the year 1567 the exten-
sion of free deliveries was carried on more actively
than in the year 1866. The total number of post
towns in England and Wales in 1865 was 542 ; in
1866, 555 ; and in 1867, 559. Great improvements
and accelerations have been made during the past
year in the despatch of mails. The scale of postage,
progressive by half an cz. through all its grada-
tions, was extended to the correspondence between
the United Kingdom and numerous foreign coun-
tries. The pattern post has been greatly extended, and
also the fees on registered letters, &c. The postage
has been reduced to many kingdoms on the Con-
tinent. Among the new contracts made last year
was one with the African Steamship Company, for
the conveyance of the mails monthly to and from
the West Coast of Africa, on terms by which a
saving of £lO,OOO a year was effected. The com-
pany are now despatching steamers to the African
ports twice a month, and an extra mail is carried
monthly to each port ; the company receiving a
portion of the sea postage on the letters carried as
their remuneration. In June, 1867, a new con-
vention was signed, under which the total postage
on a single letter passing between the United King-
dom and the United States was reduced from one
shilling to sixpence ; the transmission of book
packets and patterns at a low rate of postage was
sanctioned, and reduced rates of charge was estab-
lished for correspondence sent in transit through
either country. The altered arrangements neces-
sary to comply with the stipulations of the new,
convention with the United States were found to
be so unfavourable that it will only be continued
in force for one year, when it is hoped another will
be concluded free from the objections attached to
that of Juue, 1867. Mr. Anthony Trollope has
recently been to Washington to negotiate such
a convention. Endeavours have been male to
conclude a new postal convention with Brazil,
but as there did not appear any prospect of success
, the negotiation terminated. The improvements
made in the Loudon district are numerous, and in-
clude extension of time for posting letters for night
mails to the country, the acceleration of correspon-
dence by new arrangements with the district offices,
additional collection of letters, and by the opening
of 19 new receiving offices, and the erection of 64
pillar letter boxes. The total number of receptacles
for letters in tee metropolitan district at the close
of 1867 was made up as follows :—Receiving offices,
469, of which number 417 were money order offices
and 405 were Post-office savings banks ; pillar
letter-boxes, 423 ; wall letter-boxes, 51; railway
station boxes, 9. 1 he service in many provincial
towns has been placed upon a new and satisfactory
footing. The increase in the number of letters
conveyed by the Post-office during the year 1866,
and again during the year 1867, was, as in previous
years, much more than proportionate to the in-
crease of population in all parts of the United
Kingdom, and to the increase in the number of in-
habited houses. In the United Kingdom the pro-.
portion of letters to population rose from 24 per
head per annum in 1865 and 1866, to 26 per head per
annum in 1867; the proportion of letters to inhabited
houses rose from 135 letters to one house in 1855,
to 141 letters to one house in 1866, and 144 letters
to one house in 1867. During the years 1866 and
1867 the total number of letters delivered in the
London district would have been much more than
sufficient to give a delivery of one letter on every
working day to each house throughout the district.
The gross total of the articles conveyed by the
Post-office rose in 1866 to 750,000,000 ; books,
free, and chargeable newspapers, samples, and pat-
terns, 101,884,185—in all, 851,781,185. And the
gross total of the articles contained iu 1867 was,
letters,, 774,831,000; books, free and chargeable
newspapers, samples and patterns, 102,273,301—in
all, 877,104,301. The progress of the book post
and the pattern post calls for no special comment.
The report states with respect to valentines that in
1866 the number was estimated at 997,900, whilst
in 1867 the number rose to 1,119,142. As in
previous years, it was found that the valen-
' tines sent from London to the country were
twice as numerous as those sent from the
country to London ; and also that the number
of valentines posted in the western district was,
in both years, greatly in excess of the number
posted in any other district of London. The
estimated postage derived from the valentines pass-
ing through London was £9,354 in 1866, and
£11,242 iu 1867. Valentines having postage
charged upon them to the amount of nearly £2OO
in each year were refused by the persons to whom
they were addressed. The number of registered
letters passing through the registered letter branch
of the General Post-office, either for despatch or
delivery, was in the year 1865, 1,800,982 ; in the
year 1866 this number had increased to 1,955,141,
or an increase of 8.5 per cent. ; in the year 1867
the number had increased to 1,964,980, or an in-
crease of 10.5 per cent. These figures are exclu-
sive of the letters containing coin, which are com-
pulsorily registered in this department, and which
numbered 37,823 in 1865, 33,364 in 1866, and
28,000 in 1867. There has also been a correspond-
ing increase in the number of registered letters
passing the post in the whole of the United King-
dom, which number amounted in 1866 to
2,540,160, and in 1867 to 2,619,570. In 1866 an
important improvement was introduced in the
system of treating registered letters in the Regis-
tered Letters Branch of the chief office, rendered
necessary by the growth and the extreme impor-
tance of the duty performed there. This change
consisted in an improved system, by means of
which the check was extended to each officer through
whose hands the registered letters passed, instead of
being confined to those only who received and de-
spatched the letters. The returned letters for 1867
were slightly in excess of the number for 1866, the
total being, in 1866, 3,602,995; 1867, 3,618,888.
At the end of the year 1865 the number of money
order offices was 3,418, and at the end of the year
1866 the number was 3,567, showing an increase of
149 ; at the end of 1867 the number amounted to
3,691, showing an increase on the previous year of
124, or a total increase on the two years of 271
offices. During the years 1866 and 1867 the money
order business was established between this coun-
try and Alexandria, Turk's Island, Dominica, Ber-
muda, Nevis, Bahia, Buenos Ayres, Montevideo,
Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and Lagos. The
number of depositors in post-office savings-banks
and the amounts deposited continue to increase.
The number of savings-bank at the close 1864 were
3,507, the number of deposits received from the 31st
December, 1865, to the 31st December, 1866, were
1,525,871, and total amount of deposits £4,400,657.
The number of savings banks at the close of last
year was 3,629 ; the number of deposits received
from the 31st of December, 1866, to the 31st of
December, 1867, £1,592,344, and the total amount
of deposits £4,643,906. The number and amount
of withdrawals during the past year exhibited an
increase over 1866. The total number of deposi-
tors in Post-office savings banks and old savings
banks combined, and throughout the kingdom, had
risen at the close of the year 1866 to 2,156,290,
and at the close of the year 1867 to 2,232,347. The
total number of depositors at the end of the year
1835 was 1,304,000 ; so that there has been in the
last 12 years an increase of nearly a million in the
number of savings bank depositors. In England
and Wales there was in 1866 and 1867 one deposi-
tor to every 11 persons ; in Scotland one depositor
to every 16 persons ; in Ireland, in 1866, one depo-
sitor to every 74 persons, and in 1867 one to every
69 persons ; and in the whole of the United King-
dom there was, in both years, one depositor to
every 14 persons. The total amount of sums re- ,

/ceived on account of Government annuity and in•
surance contracts fro.n the commencement of busi-
ness on the 17th of April, 1865, to the 31st of
1 December, 1867, was £163,751 15s. 3d. The total
amount of payments in the same period was
£159,974 Bs. 7d., leaving a balance of £3,777 6s
Bd. The gross revenue from letters, books, pac-
kets, &c., in 1866 was £4,311,467 ; money-order
commissions, £166,430 ; and produce of the im-
pressed stamp on newspapers, £121,780, the total
postal revenue being £4,599,667. An increase was
observable in 1867, the figures being—gross re-
venue from letters, &c., £4,376,014, money-order
commissions, £172,085 ; ani newspaper stamp pro-
duce, £120,085; the total revenue being £4,668,214.
The total cost of the Post-office service in 1866
was £3,201,681, as compared with £3,216,830 in
1867. The net revenue in 1866 was £1,397,986,
against £1,421,361 for 1867. The average net
revenue of the first five years since 1858 was
£587,507. The average net revenue of the second
five years, £1,298,507.

7Lr
i": 41 Litt) E1)1110.AN •

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Major-General Lord George Paget, C. 8., attended
by Major Brett, Brigade-Major of Cavalry, made
his annual inspection of the 15th (King's) Hussars,
under the command of Colonel Fitzwygram, on Fri-
day, the 31st ult., at York ; and on Thursday, the
6th instant, his lordship made his annual inspection
of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, under the com-
mand of Colonel Crawley, at Manchester, whence
he proceeded to Lichfield, where on the 7th he in-
spected the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Yeo-
manry, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Lord
Bagot. On Saturday he returned to London to re-
sume his military duties at the Horse Guards.
Yesterday Prince Arthur left Chatham garrison
on the termination of his course of instruction at
the Royal Engineer establishment, and proceeded
to Windsor. Before leaving Lis Royal High-
ness presented Mr. Superintendent J. Strength,
of the dockyard police force, with a massive gold
pencil-case, as an acknowledgment of the efficient
manner in which the police arrangements had been
made during the time the Prince has resided at the
dockyard. Captain W. Houston Stewart, C. 8.,
superintendent of the establishment, who placed his
official residence in the dockyard at the service of
Prince Arthur, has been presented by Her Majesty
with a handsome silver vase. The divisional orders
issued yesterday by Major-General F. Murray an-
nounce that the Field-Marshal Commandiug•in-
Chief has granted leave of absence to Lieut. his
Royal Highness Princa Arthur, R.E., until the Ist
of November.

The mounted A troop of the Royal Engineer
Train, numbering 170 non-commissioned officers
and men, with 110 horses, and the whole of the
pontoon train and Royal Engineer equipment com-
plete, arrived at Chatham to-day from Aldershot,
to go through a course of pontooning practice at the
new pontooniug ground recently constructed by
the sappers and miners at Wonldham, near
Rochester, where the officers and men will be en-
camped.

The Lords of the Admiralty continued their
official inspection at PortstnJuth yesterday, lauding
at the dockyard from their yacht Enchan-
tress at 10.30 a.m. The members of the Board pre-
sent were Admirals Sir A. Milne, Sir G. C. Dacres,
Sir J. D. Ihy, and G. 11. Seymour, with private
secretaries. Their Lordships first paid a visit to
the Cracker, 2, twin scre vv, composite built gun-
boat, and afterwards inspected the officers and men
belonging to the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth.
The force was drawn up in the vicinity of the
office of the Admiral Superintendent of the
yard, and consisted of Capt. William C. Cham-
berlain, in command ; Chief Inspector of Machi-
nery Afloat George Murdock ; Commander John
C. Wells, Staff Commander William 11. Fawckner,
Staff-Commander John E. Petley (of the Ad-
tniralty yacht Enchantress), officers of the Asia,
Steam Reserve guardship ; 26 chief engineers, 51
engineers, 21 first-class assist.- engineers, 7 second-
class assist.-engineers, 8 eagine-room artificers, 59
leading stokers, 122 stokers, 65 second-class stokers,
and 12 pensioners. On the whole, the force pre-
sent el a very creditable and service-like appear-
ance. Before leaving the dockyard their Lordships'
attention was drawn to the coaling of her Majesty's
ships in Portsmouth harbour, oae of the most iin-
port,int of all questions, financially considered,
coun2cted with the port. In the official report re-
cently presented to the Admiralty by the commit:ee
appointed by the board to inquire into and report
upon " Dockyard Craft," the committee strongly
condemn the present syste,n of coaling her Ma-
jesty's ships at Portsmouth by means of coaling and
fixed (steam-craned) coal depot ships in the harbour,
proving by figures that coal of the same quality
and description was put on board her Majesty's
ships very much cheaper in total cost both at
Gibraltar and Malta thin is done at Ports-
mouth from the floating steam depot ships.
A partial remedy will be supplied by
the coaling jetty to be built at the south end of the
new dockyard extension works ; but meanwhile the
evil is one of great magnitude in the case of a port
where more coal is issued than in any other of our
home ports. The immediate remedy laid before the
Admiralty yesterday consisted in a plan proposed
by Staff-Captain W. T. Mainprise, C. 8., the pre-
sent Master-Attendant of Portsmouth dockyard.
Capt. Mainprise proposes to construct on the edges
of the west and east mud-banks of Portsmouth
harbour, between the north and south ends of the
dockyard, new and old, jetties, fitted with the pro-
per appliances for receiving and issuing coal, in
short and inexpensive lengths, which could be ex-
tended hereafter as might be found requisite. The
plan has this great recommendation that its partial
execution would at once most materially lessen
the cost per ton of the coal issued at Portsmouth to
her Majesty's ships. Captain Mainprise's scheme
would also relieve the harbour of useless craft, and
leave it clear for the passage of her Majesty's ships
of war and transports between the harbour and
Spithead. After leaving the dockyard, at
about 11.30 a.m„ the Lords of the Admiralty crossed
the harbour in their State barge to Gosport, where
they made an inspection of the Royal Clarence Vic-
tualling-yard, over which they were Conducted by
Captain-Superintendent C. F. A. Shadwell, R.N.,
C. 8., and Storekeeper Mr. Thomas G. Grant, of
the hospital and gunboat establishments at Haslar,
and of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Tor-
tola.

NOTICE.

Cho Thiel Elition of "The Sul" of last Erasing, con-
taiuing the Latest Betting at Tattersall's, &c., was
published in tim 3 for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

Captain George A. C. Brooker, and the officers
and crew of the Wivern, 4, armoured iron double-
turret sloop, were yesterday at Portsmouth turned
over to the sister vessel, the Scorpion, the latter
having been improved greatly upon the former in
fittings, &c.

'Chi War Department screw-steamer Earl de
Grey and Ripon, from Woolwich, arrived on Sun-
day morning at Plymouth, with stores for the gun-
wharf, and powder for Ball Point magazine.
The screw-steamship Bristol, 31, Captain F. W.
Wilson, is appointed to leavd Plymouth to-day for
Portland.

The United States' screw steam-corvette Ticon-
deroga, 9 guns, Captain Wyman, from Cherbourg
for Brest, put into Plymouth Sound, on Saturday
evening, to be fitted with Wier's atmospheric tele-
graph.

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WOLVERHAMPTON RA.CES—Tius DAY.
TENTH BIENNIAL STAKES.
The Stamford Biennial Stak3s of 10 sovs each, h ft, with
100 added, for two year olds ; cults Bst 10111, fillies and
geldings fist 71b ; second to Sava his stake ; untrieds
all wed 3•. b ; wieners once 31b, twice 51b extra ; maidens
having started thrice allowed3lb ; T.Y.U.(half a mile);
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