The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-21 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Closing prices :—Gold, 143 k. Sterling exchange
on London, 1091 ; 5-20 United States Bonds,
1882, 1131; ditto, 1885, 111; 10-40 Bonds,
1088 ; Illinois, 142; Erie, 45k. Cotton—mid-
dling upland, 29i. Petroleum—standard white,
32k. Flour, extra state, $B7O 930 c. ; Corn, old
mixed, $l2l.

(Per the Scotia via. Queenstown.)

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (Noon).

The Secretary of War, in answer to the appeal
of Governor Warmouth, has sent instructions to
General Buchanan, Commander of the Forces in
Louisiana, to dispose of the troops under his com-
mand according to his discretion, and to promptly
telegraph for special orders from the President if
any emergency should arise rendering it necessary
to employ the national force for the preservation
of order.

The Louiliana Legislature has passed a bill
making it a penal offence to organize any military
force in the State without orders from the Go-

vernor.

The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill in-
vesting the Legislature with the power of casting
the electoral vote of the State.

Reports from Richmond state that a Conserva-
tive meeting held yesterday in that town was
attacked by negroes. A fight ensued, in which
pistols were used, and two negroes killed.
OTTAWA, Aug. 11.

The Canadian Parliament has been prorogued
until the 19th of September. It is stated that the
Anti-Union Convention at Halifax has passed a
resolution strongly deprecating rebellion against
the Crown or annexation to the United States ; at
the same time favouring the use of every constitu-
tional means to withdraw Nova Scotia from the
Confederation, which, they allege, it was forced to
enter against the will of the people.
Sir John Macdonald and party have left Halifax
for Canada. Their mission to reconcile Nova
Scotia to the Confederation is pronounced a failure
by the provincial press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Morning).

The Governor of Alabama bas vetoed the bill
empowering the Legislature to cast the electoral
vote of the State. This veto will probably be
effectual.

General Gillem has issued an order transferring
Arkansas to the military department of Louisiana,
and assuming the command of the military forces
in Mississippi.
The blockade of Mazatlan by H.M.S. Chanti-
cleer was raised on the 30th ult.

The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New
York, on August 11, arrived at Queenstown at one
a.m. this morning with 123 cabin passengers. She
landed 73 sacks of mails, 27 passengers, and pro-
ceeded at 1.15 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. The
Scotia performed the passage in eight days five
hours.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug 21.

The National Steamship Company's steamer
Louisiana, from New York, arrived here at 6 a.m.
to-day with $75,000 in specie. She landed passen-
gers and proceeded for Liverpool.

SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 21.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
llolsatia, from New York, has arrived here with
114 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg,
42 sack of mails, and $339,111 in specie for Lon-
don. On the 13th she spoke the ship Edward
Vittery, and on the 20th a Bremen steamer, both
bound west.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 18 (Evening)

The recent investigation made by illidhat Pasba
appears to show complicity on the part of some
Russian Consuls and Roumain frontier authorities
in the recent Bulgarian invasion.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 21.

The Union Steamship Company's steamer Celt,
Captain Baynton, from the Cape of Good Hope,
has arrived here with a full complement of pas-
sengers, 37 sacks of mails, £B2O in specie, and a
large cargo, including 2,088 bales of wool. The
Celt left Table Bay on the 10th ult. On the 21st
she spoke the ship Astronomer, bound for Liver-
pool ; on the 27th the Hero of the Nile and the
Golden Dream ; on the 28th the brig Endora,
bound for Plymouth, and the barque Thor, from
Liverpool, bound for Calcutta ; and on the 13th
August the steamer Norseman, bound for the Cape.
The Cambrian arrived at Table Bay on the 16th
of July.

The Cape Parliament continued in Session, and
the work of the Legislature progressed satisfactorily.
The Government Paper Currency Bill had passed
the second reading in the House of Assembly and
gone into committee. Little progress had been
made with the estimates.

The existence of extensive goldfields in the in-
terior was confirmed.

The Chief of that portion of the country where
the mines were situated appeared well disposed
towards Europeans, and had written to Governor
Wodehouse requesting that his subjects might
be taken under the protection of her Majesty, and
offering to sell the gold country to the British
Government. Several miners were extracting the
ore. The gold is said to exist in veins half an inch
broad, and the yield to increase in proportion to
the depth to which the excavations are carried.
Business at Cape Town had slightly improved,
but the trade of the port was limited, and few
vessels had arrived.

Copious rains had visited the colony. Farming
prospects were good, but the wine trade depressed.
The wool clip was expected to be large. Tonnage
was scarce and freights were high.
Exchange—Treasury bills 30 days, par; bank
and commercial, i per cent. ; commercial 60 days,
1 per cent.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
MARSEILLES, Aug. 21.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Bangalore arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. The mails
leave by the 11.30 a.m. train.

BOMBAY MAIL.
SUEZ, Aug. 21.
The Golconda, from Bombay 4th inst., arrived
to-day at 8 a.m.

FRANCE.

.P.ards, August 21.

An Imperial donee, dated the 18th inst., pro-
mulgated to-day, appoints M, de Banneville French
Ambassador at Rome, M. do Cominges Minister at
Berne, and Viscount de Laguerroniere Minister at
Bru3sels.

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