The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-24 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.
The Inman Royal mail steamer City of Antwerp
arrived here to-day. All well.

SOUTHAMPTON, August 24

The United States.: steamer Ariel, from New
York on the Bth instant, has arrived here. She
landed 26 passengers for this port, and proceeded
for Bremen.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS

GIBRALTAR, August 23

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta left at 7 p.m. to-day for Southampton,
where she may be expected on the 28th instant,
All well.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. 24

The Minister of Finance has addressed a report

to the Emperor concerning the final results of the
subscription to the new loan. Ile states that the
calculations put forth in his previous report have
not only been confirmed but even surpassed.

The total amount subscribed represents a capital
of more than 15 millions of francs. The subscrip-

tion not exceeding the minimum of five francs of
Rentes reach the sum of 3,360,000 francs in Rentes,
more than three-fourths of which were forthcoming
from the provinces. The total amount of money
received by the Imperial Treasury in the shape of
deposits is ascertained to have been 665,609,725
francs.

The basis of allotment will be fixed at 2 francs
37 centimes for every hundred of francs in Rentes
subscribed for the whole amount of Rentes, which,
according to the provisions of the loan could be
discounted, is but 4,619,785 francs. The Minister
purposes to increase this amount to 4,880,618 by
adding to it 266,830 francs of Relates.

This decision would have the advantage of treat-
ing all scrip of a smaller figure than one hundred
francs on an equal footing, and would render the
task of liquidation more expeditious.
The Minister concludes by pointing to the above
results as telling evidence of the financial power of
the country, and says, " The results do not prove
our resources to be inexhaustible, but they testify
to their immense expansiveness."
Every good citizen should rejoice to see in this
state of things the most effectual means of guaran-
teeing the maintenance of peace and of rendering
it a source of prosperity.

BoursE, August 22.—Three o'clock.—The marke
closed as follows :

41. per Cent.
End of month... Ital!an Loan —
3 per Cent
End of mouth_ 70 471 Mexican Loan ... 23 25
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 281 25 Spanish Threes
Credit Fonder ...1445 Homo Debt —
End of month... Deferred 32
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans
... 897
Northern ....................................... 1170
Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 951
Southern..... ................................. 581
Western ....................................... 577
Eastern .. ........................ 562
Sardinian .................................... 41
Austrian ....................................... 538
Lombard ....................................... 406
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

7HE CHARING-CROSS HOTEL COMPANY
(LIMITED).

MEETING THIS DAY.

The half-yearly meeting of this company took
place at the Charing-cross Hotel ; the Hon. James
Byng in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, congratulated the shareholders upon the
continued prosperity of the company. It would be
seen by the accounts that the profit on the business
done during the past six months is £9,923 9s.
9d. After placing £2,000 to the credit of
the fund for repairs and renewals £2,009
9s. 2d. interest on debentures, and charge
which sum of
£1,730 6s. 9d.,
la
,9902 t h e
Or s incidentale t
heexrp e nwsietsh
brought forward from last half year, will amount to
£11,653 16s. 6d. With the sanction of the pro-
prietors, the directors proposed that a dividend

en per cent. per annum, free of income tax, be
declared, amounting to £B,OOO, and that the ba-
lance of £3,633 16s. 6d. be carried over to the next
half year. A scheme had been prepared, by which
the _debenture debt of the company might be paid
off by the shareholders. lie concluded by moving
the adoption of the report.

Mr. HUGHES wished to know why this debt
should not be paid off by preference shares. It
appeared that it would be many years according to
this scheme before the debt would be paid off, and
many of them would have ceased to exist at that
time.

An explanation from the auditor was given, to
the effect that the object in view was that ulti-
mately the shareholders might have the whole pro-
perty of the Charing-cross Hotel in their own
hands. In sixteen years it would all be paid off,
and, as they had £30,000 to pay in November, it
was absolutely necessary that they should have an
amount sufficient to meet it.

Mr. BEAmE said that he was much obliged to
the auditor for the clear manner in which he had
made out the scheme, and he for one should be
most happy to pay off the debt out of his dividend.

After a few remarks the report and dividend
were agreed to.

The proposition for paying off the debenture
debt was 'then carried unanimously, and after a
vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, and
managers of the hotel, the meeting terminated.

TIIE RAINS IN INDIA.-As the heavy floods in
Bengal arc attracting attention, it may be interesting to
know the amount of rainfall in the different districts. The
following extract from the meteorological observations
taken at Cherrapoonee during the month of Juno and
a few days in July will give some idea of the enormous
rainfall in those hills that finds its way through the rivers
and swamps of Sylhet and Alymensing into the delta of
the Bralanapootra - Juno 7th, 1.0 in.; Bth, 3.4 in.; 9th,
3.6 in. ; 10th, 10-7 in.; 11th, 10.0 in.; 12th, 9.5 in.: 13th,
9.4 in.; 14th, 3.4 in.; 15th, 2.6 in.; 16th, 5.2 in.; 17th, 6.,in.;
18th, B.Bin; 19th, 9.6 in; 20th, 7.1 in.; 21st, 16.4 in.; 22d,
5.25 in.; 23d, 3.0 in.: 24th, 0•Oin.; 25th, 0.95 in.; 26th, 2.55 in.;
27th, 3.7 in.; 28th, 1.9 in.; 29th, 2.8 in.; 30th, 7.6 in.; total,
131.9 in. July-let, 11.0 in.; 2d, 19.0 in.; 3d, 3.8 in.; 4th,
4.25 in.; sth, o.oGin.; 6th, 0.0 in.; 7th, 3.0 in.; Bth, 8.8 ; total
to date, 50.45 in. The daily total is taken at 9.3 a.m.; the
greater quantity of rain generally falls during the night,
and the maximum amount per hour is about 2in. During
the heaviest fall on the Ist of July, from 10 a.m. -to 1.30
p.m., 3/ 119tusili