The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-08 00:00:00

_Ml' MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. There is a rumour that a Spanish agent has ar rived in this country, charged with the mission to endeavour to ascertain what the Certificate holders would be likely to accept in settlement of their claims. The rise in the Egyptian Loan is promoted by a belief that the additional issue of £BOO,OOO stock will be offered to the existing bondholders, and that the motives of its creation will be satisfactorily ex plained. No arrangements have yet been concluded for the new issue, and we believe that the statements made upon the subject are premature. An instalment of 10 per cent. falls due on Thurs day next on the New Russian Loan. A new undertaking is formed under the title of the Billingsgate Fishing Company (Limited). The object is to carry on the trawling, line fishing, and carrying of fish, and the sale of ice. The proposal is to combine into a common joint-stock undertak ing the interest of existing smack-owners of the Thames, a number of whom, owning fifty vessels, have already signified their aihesion to the project. Reference is made to the economy with which a large fleet may be worked, as compared with the cost of several small ones. Special stress is appa rently laid upon the fact that " the directors are secretly negotiating a treaty for the purchase of a property which will carry with it the exclusive concession of fishing rights on the best fishing ground in Northern Europe, where the British flag is now excluded." The capital is fixed at £50,000, in £5 shares. The Africa, being from Boston, has brought only £13,000 in specie. The monthly return of the Bank of France will be published on Friday next. The Liverpool cotton market to-day was firm at the late rise, with sales to the extent of 15,000 bales. The letters from St. Petersburg to-day describe a n improved feeling ou the Exchange. The Harburg has arrived from China with 319,8001b5. of tea, and the Bride of the Seas with 632,7001b5, of tea and 616 bales of silk. The " continuation" on Consols to the 7th of August was g to a per cent. With the increasing abundance of money, a great demand has sprung up for Exchequer Bills, and the price has risen as much as 6s. to-day, closing at 15 s. to 18s. prem. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets the operations during the last iew days have been rather limited. Tea, however, has fully supported pre /loos prices; sugars in some instances have been slightly cheaper, while coffee has continued in good demand at high rates. A rather large amount of business has been done in rice, chiefly, however, for exportation. In the tallow market prices have remained steady for both present and forward delivery. At the forthcoming meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. will be proposed. The half -yearly dividends on the Namur and Leige and Mons and Manage Railways will be pay able on and after the 15th inst. There is an increase of £2,011 in the traffic re ceipts of the South Eastern Railway, and of £2,888 on the Brighton for the past week. Two o'CLocK. The Money Market is assuming an easier appear ance. Notwithstanding the reduced minimum of the B ank of England, and the low range of quota tions recently current in private channels, the joint Stock bank s and discount firms are disposed to offer inc reased facilities. For some days past business has been reported in special cases at 2,1- per cent , but 21 per cent. is now the rate which regulates transactions of an exceptional character. The con cessions thus made necessarily prevents borrowers from goin g to the Bank of England, and hence it is inferred that the " other securities" of that esta blishment will speedily exhibit a considerable dimi nution. One of the most important features at the Stock Exchange is the buoyancy of Exchequer Bills, 'which have risen about 6 s.—namely, to 15s. and 18s. prem. This advance is accounted for by the abundance of money, and the prospect of sustained, if not increased, easiness. At a meeting to-day of the London and Green iwich Railway Company, a dividend of £1 7s. ld. per cent., or ss. sd. per share, free of income tax, was declared. Another improvement of -} per cent. has taken place today in the Market for the English Funds, owing to the speculfhtors for the rise having slightly increased their operations. Consols are now quoted 92 g - I for money and the 10th inst„ and 921 Z for the 7th proximo. The New Threes are firmer at 911 921 ; the Reduced remain at 91i 92 ; India Stock is 224 ex div. ; ditto Five per Cent. Loan, 1081 In the Foreign Market a rather buoyant tone b as prevailed, but the dealings have not been very extensive. The Egyptian Scrip has further im- P r cived to 5; 1 prem. ; Russian ditto is flat at ; Spanish Certificates are steady at 9, 5 ) ; Tur- Tur kish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 84-4- 85; ditto, 1858, 70 ~ 71 1 ; and the New Scrip is 1 prem. in the R a il way Sh are M ar k e t th e d e ali ngs h ave 14 " moderately active, and prices have shown an IPward movement. Eastern Counties, Great im Westerns proved , North Westerns, and Midlands have Ss. ; Easter n Lancashire and Yorkshire, South , and Great Northern 10s.; South Westerns and North Eastern (Berwick) have declined 55., and Caledonian 10s. The F ore i gn and Colonial lines have shown increased firmness. Great Luxemhourg have advanced to 14Z I; and Sambre and 'Meuse, to 101 ; South Aus riastn and Lombard o -V enet i an are fi rm at 2 21 ; anadtlndian h ave improved t o 104 i 1051 ; Bombay to 101. Bared have to 10 1 ; and Great Southern of India, Joint-Stock 14 vious rates. I, `'atik Shares remai n a t a b ou t pre ondon Joi n t St oc k rea li se 361 f Al- Lon of Lon - Dank, 264. ci nn and Li verpool, 10a i; Ottoman In the M - Is cellaneous Market there h as b een very little business Shares tr ansacted. V an Di emen ' s L an d how ever, have improved about £2 to £3, 'viz-, to 121 , 131, 14. Bank Sntoitcik II TIS FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. R educe d.... .. 236 Annuities a_pewer ppenert. coluots Annuities 2 3 India k / 1:4 stuck 3 ent. Annuities D ittos •91i 2t 2 Ditto Per . iv Ditto Ditto ICibPer Per Cent. P en tonedntures, 4 per . Cent ,di /ex d . 91/ 21 Cent. ................ t)itt o . .... '. llO 4 COngols fo 8 41,000 . 0 t 1863 99i 100 k Bache r Ace°uut J"' " c " Detrtoßills 43 ' . i x; Ditto L aw . _,,,D)0,94,133 per Cent . .... 92 t 8 Pr -4. . ""QuO .......... .... 15 18 ,___,.. Jilt/ G . li 1,,,, .................. 15 18 -gru ..ilian, 5 pe r C u1"8"--CLOSING PRICES B uenos Ay re , 6 ent. ... .............. 100/ Ditto AccountP et ‘ ee; t chiiian 6 per eel :. 4 4 ................... "-- Ditto 41 pet Cent'' . ........... 96 tu 1 `" '' ... ..... q ador ..,ew co . .............. ~gyptian, 7 per d i er: l s at e e r i d : 53 171 Ditto, Paid up Scrip P ...... ••••• ... 6 k i a i per Cent. (M .arenir a . ,l ....... .. ; ... 871 8 4 Italian 5 "Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent. a " . """caY) 71 Portuguese 3 per Cent. 1853 ... "• 96 I I Ditto Account .... 1 .... . ........ 4 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7;' . 9 . , . ~- ...i' ..... 41i 4 Ditto Account .............. ' 1 '4'60.. Thissian 5 per Cent 1822. 4 St .......... 11 Ditto b per Cent., 1862, Scrip, ......... -- Ditto Paid-up Scrip ................... Li- Sardinian 5 per Cent .............. .. "I Spanish 3 per Cent ... 83 ........... Ditto New Deferred.......... ....... "- Ditto Account .................... - 4.7 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded ..... 0 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 ................ -a 1 i Ditto Account .. - Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ................ -...' ............ 1)i tto Account Ditto 1862 (Scrip) ............. . 1 i Ditto, Paid up Scrip ........... Gsa 419 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ...... 103 r Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2?; per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull. .. 61 Italia; 6 per Cent,, 1861, Es. 25f. ...... 701 a k 651 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ' Money 'l4 i Ditto Account ,MARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share; Railw Closing Business ays. Paid. l Price. done. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. ost.,Sleaf.,and 'Bristol and Exeter ( Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 8i 6 7 91 01 105 106 1051 Do A (A frets no div Do. 13 till 6pc.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June ' East Anglian 1 Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow E din., Perth, & Dundee IGlaso - . and S. Western.' IGreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an , W. of Ireland, Great Western I Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire; London and filackwalll Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, 1,0 n., Chat., and Dover, Lon. & North Western. Lon. & South Westernl L'derry & Enniskillen. I Man., Shef., & I,lncoln.l Maryport and Carlisle. I Dot shares.. I I Metropolitan Midland Do New 64 7 1 2 5 6 41 43 10 11 201 214 56 n 5S 60 38 40 874 881 29 30 101 1 03 140 145 116 s 1174 114 115 132 1 35 105 106 714 72 55 57 101 l 105} 59 61 122 124 45 47 944 f 54. 994 1004 40 45 374 384 8 84 127,1 121 14 Ig-p 9? 99 Do Binning.. & Derbyl Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid -sent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk INorth British 72 74 62i 63i Nor.Dev.RailtDk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase. Do Lecds Do York North London Do new IN'Jrth Staffordshire I:A% and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot. ➢lid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool, Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok , Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. .. Do B Ulster ; Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 95f 96i 1 Oid 544 S 5 S2l 83} 101 103 id fnm 5 44 d 101 111 45 47 103 105 45 47 35 37 82] 83] C 5 67 98 100 6 7 39 40 9 10 p 64 7 p 146 149 31 41 p 55] sc.] 2] 3] ]dKp 87 90 135 140 7t West London Do let class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool H•ar.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, 44 46 39 41 87 8a LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. e sing Closing Paid. L a'Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh mslare.. , , 100 Do. 95 96 Chester & 11° 1 111e4d lOO Do * , 55 56 Do. 56p6.r cent 100 Do_ 126 128 Do. 5 lOO Do. Clydesdat, Junction 100 Cledon lO2 104 Colcheso_er, Stour Val. 100 E.U.tE.O 65 67 E. Lticolnsh. p - , Apr c. 100 Gt.Ncrth. 136 138 Er, nion,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • . • • ~B Uls.Barr.&Neils.Dret., 100 Cledon Gloster & Dean Forestl all Gt. West .. .. Hull and Selby , all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters ' all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.Wl£9 202 201 Lon. and Chat. Ext. Bi 6 per cent I all Lon.&Cht 111 12 Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. ...... .. .. Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c ' all D 0........ 21 23 Do.W P. Ext. A, 46p c 1 all Do. .... ... 81 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 63 65 621 Do. Preferen e I 100 Do. Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -then& 100 Peto &Co B6 ,58xd Lowestoft gua. I p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent i 100 Do. lkinc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock; all LNW& M 3i 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p i p g - tta. 5 per cent... 1 pm Northn.&Eastn. sp.c. I all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .. .1 all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.. :. I all Do. N. Eastn—Elartlepooli 1(0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western ; all Midland 161 17 Not. Gran. EL & Cl. I 100 Gt. North. 94 95 941 L&N.W Preston and Wyre. 1 all Az L. yk. 1 44 46 Do. 6 shares A. all IDo. •• • • , .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shen. 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Herefordi 100 T Brasseyll2s 130 Do. Do. 1 3 .. 1! 2lp South Staffordshire ' 100 Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset ) 100 Gt. West. 91 93 91} 2 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtu 81 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. CV:l e n ! Business one. Share Railways. (Paid.) Blythe and Tyne k 0 p.c. pref. issued at £5 a Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at iC Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 1( Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. a Cornwall, 5 per cent a Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun a Do. Ist Class Frei...- a E. Ans4n. Class A 5 p. c 1( Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I IC Do No. 2 1( Do. new 6 p. a at 1( Eastern Union, 4 p, 0— 1( Do. 5 p. c. guar 1( Edin.&Glas,s p.a shares 1( Do. Ip. c. guar. S. & u 1( S.West. gu. 5 p.c 1( Great Northern, sp. e 1( D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm, 1( Do. 44 p. c. do 1( Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.apni 11 (4t. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. a G*. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent ll Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. li Do. redeem. 4 p. et ll Do. irredeem. 4p. et 4l Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 11 Do. firm. guar. stock t a ')o. Birm. pref. stock Do. (7hter. guar. shares 1 1 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs I Lan. & Carl. 4p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock IDo.BarTtil.st£s 2s 10dpe I Do. p. c. (East Lan.) 1 1 .)o. 44 p. c. (Blackb. per. 1 Lon.. Brig.sp.q.gu. NO.l 1 Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 1 Da S per cent. d 0... , 1 1 Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4) 1 Do. 7 per cent pref. stkl 1 Do. 6 p.c. 601 W.l 1 Do. 4p ost.(div.def.liViis 1 LonsCha.t.&Dnv. 50.0. pt, 1 iLth. & N. W., C em „t, ' Nuneaton, 5 per cent. I Lon. & S.Weet. 7p, cent. at, late 3d shares 1 Londoty. Ennis. 4she 1 Man, Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. 1 Do. £6 Do. 3i per cent. ••" • • 3 Do. r: i i eem „ 6 per cent N l 4ryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent.:: Midland Con, 6p. c. stk 1 Do.Con,l3tN.& Bir. 6 n.c, I Do, 4& p.c. pref. at. rdem 1 Jo. 44 P.c. liTedeemable : Do. 4i per cent..... Do.Leic. and llit.4per et : Norilk. sp. c. Ex. at. 1842 ' Do. 54 p. a Pref. at. 1847 Do.sWav,ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. De,. 'New gua, 5 per cent bo. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dick.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. et , redeemable' Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. a No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, El. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. IStock. & Dar. A 5 p. c D o . B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c V .av V. m t r Do. o & . .o l x i 1 21 k de n t y dg , ou d a p s . t c k . , o.Ne r w:ort 5 Perper.6 p. 0 tP 11869 94 96 24 214 6 6i .04 106 110 112 109 111 128 130 82 84 110 112 90 92 [l6 118 [l2 114 104 106 [OB 110 97 99 A 9 101 89 91 90 02 101 103 77 79 77 79 170 175 104 106 137 139 1102 101 117 119 117 119 'l4O 145 117 119 1153 157 130 135 78 80 M 102 124 126 67 69 iPml 139 141 103 105 94 96 Lii ita [O9 in 1 ion) 93 95 101 103 96 98 1 0 d .• •• par i P 23 24 Lio 145 10 11 23i 24 101 103 101 103 80 90 201 21% 28 29 33i 34i 336 31i 42 45 128 130 120 125 102 104 122 124 119 121 50 i i 1171 17 114* 7111 105 k 4/ 94 5 100 991 1001 88 128 i 1 i p COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. iCan.Gor. 6 p.c.Ja. &July I 1877-S2 ' 104 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 „- Do. 6p. c. Feb.. Au°. 100 105 107 IvD Do. 6 c.lllar. & Sept. 100 105 VI p. 100 95i 9 54xd 95 Do. 5 per cent 6 5 ad - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 96 xd Cape CT. H ope, 6' p c,1873 100 106 i 107 i Do.Ap & Oct. 1880' 100 111 11 3 i Ixd Do. Mau 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1801 lOO 110 112 xd 11 1 i xd Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 -- N.8.(.40v. 0 p.e.Ja.&July 100 103 105xd 104 xd Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 — N. s.W.Gov. sp. c., 15 66 100 1001 102 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to Ig7c 1 00 98 9Dxd 981 xd Do. d0.,1888 &uptvds 100 974 98xd 07 3 / 4 xd New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 NOVa. Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 107 109 xd -- s ... tv Aug,G6p.c.1878.46 up lOO 103 110 tO.Gov. (Sp.e..ltt.&July 100 1108 110 .1- 2 a a do, 6 p.c. 1.D.&00 t , 100 IPA 107 10611 3.14 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 9.18.41 12.10 10s. 10 10.6 100 100 100 all all THE ' SUN LONDON, TUESD -"A V EVENING JULY - 8, 1E62. CHARGE OF LIBEL! AGAINE7 A REPORTER.---(THIS DA Y.) Mr. Andrew Gray, a reporter, appeared at Bow-street this morning, before Mr. Corrie, on a summons charging him with having, on the Bth of June, unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously published a certain false, scandalous libel, containing divers false, scandalous, and malicious matters and things of and concerning Henry Richard Phillips. Mr. Metcalfe, the barrister, appeared for Mr. Phillips, and, in opening the case, said the libel complained of ap peared in the Weekly Times newspaper on the Bth of June, and the learned gentleman then proceeded to narrate the facts connected with the recent inquiry which took place a short time ago at a coroner's inquest, held at Kensal green, in consequence of certain scandalous rumours in circulation against Mr. Phillips, the result of which was a decision that there was not the slightest foundation for the charges made against his client. An application had been made to the proprietors of the Weekly Times respect ing the libel, which appeared in their newspaper, headed " Alleged Murder by a Gentleman," and they furnished the name of the defendant as the person who had provided the manuscript of the article. Mr. Metcalfe then read the article, which he said had been written in the regular penny-a-line style, and calculated to inflame the public mind. Mr. Corrie—A "sensation" paragraph? Mr. Metcalfe said that was so, and having concluJed read ing the article in question, said a more false and scandal ous charge, viz., that his client, Mr. Richard Phillips, had poisoned his wife and hastily buried her body to prevent discovery," could not be invented. He believed it would be said that there was no malice, and that the defendant was sorry, but as in consequence of the article Mr. Phillips's life had been jeopardized, the defendant must take the whole responsibility of his own act. He should, therefore, ask that the defendant might be fully committed to take his trial. _ _ Mr. Robert Palmer, sub-editor of the Weekly Times, said—l have seen the paragraph referred to in that news paper of that day, headed " Alleged Murder by a Gentle man." I produce the manuscript. It was furnished by Mr. Gray. It is in his handwriting, and signed by him. I altered the heading of the article from " Allegation' of Murder, &c., to " Alleged" Murder, &c. I also made some other alterations, but they were merely verbal. He brought the copy to me on a Friday night he said it was a very extraordinary case, and he was well aware of all the details. He said it had created a great sensation. He did not say where he had got the facts. He impressed upon me that it was a correct report, and that he knew the details. Cross-examined—l have known the defendant for six or seven years. I have always taken his copy when it came in time. I did not look through the copy. He said I might rely on it. We have been threatened with an action for libel. I gave up the name of the defendant because it was applied for. It is usual to give up the names of persons under such circumstances. I have been sub .editor for eight years, and the present is . the only instance in which the name of the writer cf an article has been applied for. lam certain it is the usual practice in newspaper offices to give up the names of persons furnish ing certain articles. By Mr. Metcalfe—lf any other person than an accre dited reporter had furnished the copy of the article in. question, I should not have inserted it. Mr. Beard addressed the bench for defendant, and urged that the object of Mr. Phillips would be accomplished without prosecuting the defendant, who had for 15 years been engaged as a reporter on the . London Press. Mr. Metcalfe persisted in asking for a committal. Mr. Corrie then committed the defendant, but admitted him to bail, in his own recognisance of £lOO, to appear at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. LAW---THIS DAY. THIRD EDITION. SUN. OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING-THIS DAY. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Dark Lady Baffler Clementi Eleven ran. STAMFORD PLATE. Thunderbolt Palestro Argonaut Fiv© ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Witch of Endor Peneus • Refuge Seven ran. EXETER STAKES. Armagnac Weatherbow Dollar Five ran. MAIDEN PLATE. Canae Electo Fantastic Fifteen ran. LATEST BETTING. • LIVERPOOL Cup. 6to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Sister to Stafford (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 12 to lon the field (offered) GOODWOOD cue. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) sto 1 agst Zetland (taken) ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst The Marquis (taken) Bto 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 12 to 1 agst Buckstone (taken) 20 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 20 to 1 aget Argonaut (offered) 25 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) IMPERIAL PAIILIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his,seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. _ _ THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Tuffnell's Estate, North Devon and Oakhampton Railway —London, Chatham, and Dover Railway and Mid Kent Railway (Bromley to St. Mary's Gray)—Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement—Llanidloes and Newtown, Mid Wales, and Manchester, and Milford Rail ways—Bristol Port Railway and Pier—London, Chatham, and Dover (Battersea J u nction)—Llanelly Railway and Dock—Swansea Harbour Trust—and Sevenoaks Railway. NAVAL AND VICTUALLING STORES BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported with amendments. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT AMENDMENT - BILL. LordoSTANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to extend the examination, which had been found so useful in the cases of captains and mates, to first and second engineers engaged in steam ships. The bill also contained some new enact ments relating to pilotage and collisions. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE expressed his general approval of the provisions of the bill. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time. CHANCERY REGULATION BILL, The Commons' reasons for disagreeing to the Lords' amendments in this bill were considered, and their lord ships determined not to persist in those amendments. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES AMENDMENT BILL. Lord CHELMSFORD, in moving the second reading of this biil. He explained that its objects-was to relieve Sir Thomas Wilson, the owner of Hampstead Heath, from the restrictions under which he lay as a tenant for life only, and which in any case would have been granted as a matter of course. He denied that Sir Thomas Wilson had any intention of enclosing or building in the heath, he only wished to convert the adjacent ground into building property, which he considered he had been most unfairly debarred from doing. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The SPEAX.ER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Birkenhead Railway— Bristol and South Wales Union Railway—Cheadle Roads —Horsham, Dorking, and Leatherhead Railway—Metro politan and Thames Valley Railway—Mid Kent and AA diseombe Railway—and North-Eastern Railway (Team Valley Extension) Bills, were consider d and agreed to, and the bills were ordered to be read a third time. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented from different parts of the United Kingdom against the Burials Bill, which stands on the order of the day for committee at the evening sitting, and the Roman Catholic Prisoners Bill. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, resuming at clause 7, which, after some conversation, was agreed to. On clause 8, Some discussion took place as to whether a quorum of three members on a committee of board of guardians would be sufficient to discharge efficiently the duties delegated to them as the administrators of the poor-law. Mr. VILLIERS said he would consent to the introduc tion of words to the effect that the number of members con stituting a committee should not be less than one-third of the members of such committee. The clause with this amendment was agreed to. On clause 9, Mr. A. TURNER said that he considered this clause most objectionable, as it gave the board of guardians unli mited power in the appointment of any number of surveyors, and opened the door to great extravagance. He concluded by moving the omission of the clause. Sir L. PALK opposed the clause. If it was intended to secure an uniform and accurate valuation of parishes it should be effected by some well considered measure. He would support the amendment. Mr. BRUCE considered this objection applied to clause 14, instead of the present clause. Mr. BARROW said he felt bound to support the clause, because the guardians being ratepayers would necessarily attend to their own interests. Lord HENLEY opposed the clause on the same ground as the hon. member the mover of the amendment, as tend ing towards the increase of the parochial expenditure. After some conversation, in the course of which Mr. VILLIE ttS said he would consent to such a modification in the clause as would meet the views of the hon. members who objected to it, and on that condition the amendment was withdrawn. . . The clause, with the modification proposed, was then agreed to. On clause 10, which related to the keeping of the minutes of the committees of the boards of guardians, Mr. HENLEY considered that there should be words introduced in the bill so as to make the chairman of the committee responsible for the signing of these minutes, in stead of the quorum, which tended to divide the respon sibility. Mr. VILLIERS said that there were no such words in the present Poor-law Act, but he consented to an alteration in the words of the clause, observing that all that the framers of the bill required was to secure a correct record of the proceedings. Some discussion took place as to whether the penalty of L 5, which was imposed on the clerk of the board of guar dians for not giving a copy of the minutes when required, but the clause was agreed to. On clause 11, Sir L. PALK said he objected to the clause, because it made a valuation of parishes compulsory instead of being voluntary. Mr. VILLIERS said that the object of the clause was merely to obtain a correct account of the proceedings of the different assessment committees. The clause, with some alterations, was agreed to. On clause 12, which gave the assessment committee the power to impose penalties on Poor•law Guardians, which would have the effect of substituting paid officials for the discharge of duties now discharged by officials who were unpaid: Mr. VILLIERS consented to some amendments, and the clause was agreed te. A long discussion tock place on clause 13, which had reference to the present mode of valuation, and some verbal amendments were agreed to; after which the chairman was ordered to report progress. The house suspended at five minutes to four o'clock, and resumed at six o'clock. LEFT SITTING. LONDON GAZETTE. —This Evening. WHITEHALL, JULY 5. I•ectory of Saint The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Charles Dallas Marston, M.A., to the District Mary, in the parish of Saint Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, the same being void by the death of the Rev. Jo hn Hampden Gurney. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 7 . The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Mrs. Robert Bruce to be Extra Bedchamber Woman to her Majesty. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY 8. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations give notice that the Moniteur of the sth instant contains a French Impe rial decree fixing as follows the . duties on raw and refined sugar and molasses, imported into France from Great Bri tain and Belgium : Per 100 kill, f. c. .. 44 0 .. 55 0 58 0 .. 14 30 Beetroot sugar, raw Refined sugars • • • • Candied sugar, of Belgian origin .. Molasses .. • • • • ••• • WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 8. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Edward Heneage to b e Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mervyn W., Viscount Powerscourt, who retires • Alfred Chinks Duncombe, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieu tenant, vice Heneage. 4th Dragoon Guards—C orn et James A. Tait t o b e Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice John Bosworth Smith Mar jasper Joseph White, Gent., to be riott, who retires; Cornet, by purchase, vice Tait ; Cornet Jas. Colquhoun to be Instructor of Musketry. 2d Dragoons—Wm. Robert Wills Sa ndfor d , Gent, t o be Corn e t, by purchase, vice Wm. Seaman Thomson, who retires. 4th Hussars—David Longfield Beatty, Gent., to be Cor. net, by purchase, vice Win. Langton Coke, who retires. 11th Hussars—James Scott Black, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Michael Edensor Heathcote, who retires. 12th Lancers—John Sprot Tait, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stevenson, promoted. 14th Hussars—Cornet Charles Alexander Price Talbot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Giles, who re tires; Algernon Edward Sheppard Preston, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Talbot. 18th Hussars—Lieut. Thomas Fuller to be instructor of Musketry. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Henry Drury Harness C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Colonel William Biddlecomb Marlow, retired upon full pay ; Captain an d B revet -M a j or Albert O'Donnal Grattan to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet .Colonel Harness; Second Captain Alexander Stephen Creyke to be Cap tain, vice Brevet-Major Grattan; Lieutenant Edward Saumarez Tyler to be Second Captain, vice Creyke; Surgeon-Major Francis Charles Annesley, from the 45th Foot, to be Surgeon ; Staff Surgeon-Major John Sum mers, M.D., to be Surgeon; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Low Erskine, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon; Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Ferguson to be Assife taut-Surgeon ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Smith Hollingsworth to be Assistant• Surgeon ; Staff Assistant- Surgeon Henry Lloyd Randell to be Assistant-Z.suro•Pon ; Assistant-Surgeon John Henry Gouldsbury Meares, from the 20th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Reginald John Buller to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant and Captain Clayton, who has resigned that appointment. ,2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Fermor God frey, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexan der Plunket Van Homrigh, who exchanges; Gentleman Cadet Henry Melvin athews, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Iticard, appointed to the 20th Foot. 6th Foot—William Sanders Darley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Slagg Shaw, who re tires. 10th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Digby Templeton Brett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Powell, deceased. 12th Foot—George Henry Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles Isham Strong, who retires. 15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Edward Adams, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Jekyll, appointed to the 64th Foot ; Henry Evans Pateshall Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Ambrose William Going, who retires. 16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Jenkins Croft, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Platt, promoted. 17th Foot—Ensign Francis Napoleon Bingley Groves Benson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John James Perceval, who retires; Gentleman Cadet John Henry Gamble, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Elmes, appointed to the Commis sariat Department ; Frederick Travers Blackley, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Benson. 18th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Ponsonby William Watts, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fergussen, appointed to the 20th Foot. 20th Foot—Lieut. John Moon, from Quartermaster, 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Armstrong, promoted without purchase to an Unattached Company ; Ensign Baldwin K. Whiteford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moon, who retires ; George William Haly Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whiteford ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard Armstrong Hyde to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Meares, appointed to the Royal Engineers. 22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederic Auguste Samuel D'Acosta, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, without purchase, vice de Cetto, removed to the 72d Foot. 24th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Henry William Bunbury, C. 8., from half•pay, 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Charles Henry Ellice, C. 8., who retires upon half pay ; Major the Hon. Daniel Greville Finch, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Brevet. Colonel Bunbury, C. 8., who retires ; Ensign Henry Francis Brouncker, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Scott, who retires ; Ellis Lee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brouncker. 25th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alfred James, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Webster, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Thomas Wren Penton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Saportas, appointed to the 95th Foot; Staff Surgeon Digby William Lawlor, to be Surgeon, vice Boyd, appointed to the Staff. 26th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph Lowndes, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Estcourt Day, who retires; Ensign Archibald Duffield Eden, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowndes ; William Anthony Glyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eden. 27th Foot—Ensign William Herring, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Albert Dixon, who retires; William Erskine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herring ; Paymaster Patterson should have been described as from Paymaster Royal Artillery, and not late Paymaster, Royal Artillery, as stated in the Gazette of 22d .April last. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Richard Treeve , f r om 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ellis Houlton Ward, who exchanges. 30th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Michael Teener, to be Quartermaster, vice John Moon, appointed Lieutenant, 20th Foot, 34th Foot—Lieutenant John Francis Wyse, to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Richard J. P. Leeson, who resigns that appointment. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Plunket Van Homrig:►, from 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Fenner Godfrey, who exchanges. 37th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Anderson, from 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Albert Jones, who exchanges ; Gentleman Cadet Francis Cochran, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, w ith ou t purchase, vice Bel cher, promoted in the 4th West India Regiment ; Gentle man Cadet Henry Edward Gaulter, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hodgkinson, promoted. 45th Foot—Staff Surgeon Robert Speedy to be Surgeon, vice Annesley, appointed to the Royal Engineers. 49th Foot—Captain Charles Edward Gore Browne, from half-pay, late 25th FoJ, to be Captain, vice Richard 1). Astley, Seconded, on appointment as Captain Instructor to the Schools of Musketry. 54th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Henry N. Bracken to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, appointed to the Staff. 58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Bowling, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Murray, deceased. 59th Foot - Gentleman Cadet Euston Henry Sartorius, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Furlong, promoted. 60th Foot— Lieutenant Ellis Houlton Ward, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Richard Treeve, who exchanges. 61st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Wm. Merrick Fowler, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Nugent, promoted. 62d Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Boughey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Waring, promoted. 65th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alfred Chayter, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, Vice Wm, Alexander, deceased. 66th Foot--Lieutenant Charles James Thornton Duesbury to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Walker, who retires ; Ensign Francis Edward Browne to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Duesbury ; James Anderson Baxter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Browne. 72d Foot—Urban Vigors Richards, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pardue, promoted. 73d Foot —Ensign James French Turner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hugh Fraser, deceased ; Gentle man Cadet Rowel Gunter, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign , without purchase, vice John Pa rnell Clarke, deceased; Gentleman Cadet Charles Edward Stanley Parker, from the Royal Military Training Col lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Turner. 83d Foot—Captain F rancis Pemberton Campbell, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice James Ver ling Ellis, who exchanges. 86th Foot—Gent eman Cadet Manfred Leslie Palmer Jar dine, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gream, appointed to the 62d Foot, 90th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Quinlan to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Poppelwell, appointed to the Staff. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Albert Jones, from the 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Anderson, who exchanges. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Wright to be Cap tain, by purchase,. vice Edward Dennis Justin Mac Carthy, who retires ; Ensign the Hon. Augustus Frede rick Arthur Sandys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wright; Dennis du Moulin Gunton, Gent., to be En sign. by urchaseorice the Hon. A. F. A. Sandys. Ceylon Rifle R eg iment —Captain James Verling Ellis, from the 83d Foot, to be Captain, vice Francis Pemberton Campbell, who exchanges. Paymaster Archd. Cochrane Forster, from the 3d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Pay master (with the bonerary rank of Captain) Henry Dud ley, deceased. DEPOT BATTALION.— Major Gustavus Nigle Kingscoto Anker Yonge to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Edward Fairtlough. deceased. Captain and Adjutant Samuel Dunning to be Major, with out purchase, vice Yonge. UNATTACLIED.—The promotion to a majority, without urehase, of Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robt. Harris, half-pay 60th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, dated Ist May, 1862, which appeared in the Gazette of the 16th May, has been cancelled. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon William Boyd, from the 25th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon, vice Speedy, appointed to the 45th Foot. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Lord Chief Justice Erle, on taking his seat this morn ing, announced that the case of Tyschlinski v. Maltby, for which a special jury was summoned, had been withdrawn. CRIMINAL COURT...THIS DAY. OLD COURT. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. John Seating, a letter-carrier, pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging him with stealing a letter containing two letters, each containing the half of a LW note. *The case was an aggravated one, the prisoner having, on gatting the first half of the note into his possession, written a letter to the sender representing that the first portion had arrived safe, and requesting the other part of the note to be sent forthwith. . Vv The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. Thomas Knott, letter-carrier, was charged with stealing a letter containing half a sovereign. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. ASSAULTING A. POLICEMAN, Henry Bullmore was indicted for feloniously wounding Henry Smith with intent to do him some bodily harm. From the evidence it appeared that, on the morning of the 16th of May, the prosecutor, a police-constable, was on duty near George-street, Richmond, when his attention was attracted by a loud disturbance. He proceeded in the direction from whence the sound proceeded, and on coming to the entrance to a small court he turned on his lamp and found the prisoner. He asked what induced him to create the disturbance, when he commenced a violent attack on the constable, who drew his truncheon to protect himself. This the prisoner succeeded in wrenching from his grasp, and on getting it into his possessiJn he beat the constable with such severity that he fell to the ground insensible, in which state he was discovered by some of the other witnesses some time after. The constable retained no recollection of the pri soner, and from certain information the police were sent to the Garibaldi beer-shop to secure the prisoner, but he hear ing the police were after him, managed to escape capture, but the constables discovered the prisoner's residence, and they proceeded thither and discovered him in bed. On being told of the charge he resisted being taken into cus tody on the ground that the police were nc t armed with a warrant for his apprehension. The prisoner made a long rambling statement in his de fence. The Recorder having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound ing. Sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. NE W COURT. The common sergeant was occupied the whole of the morning in disposing of Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed the slightest interest. POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ALLEGED MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—SINGULAR CASE Arthur Foster, of 10, Berke'ey-street, clerk, a young man respectably connected, was charged with stealing a gold watch and chain of the value of £l5, the property of Teresa Cohn, a German girl, living at 22, Old Compton-street, Soho. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence. The prosecutrix said that she met the prisoner on Wed nesday last at the Holborn Casino, and he accompanied her home and passed the night with her. While with her she had seen a pocket-book in his possession containing the portrait of a gentleman, and two duplicates relating to rings. In the morning the prisoner left, and after he was gone she missed the gold watch and chain of the value of Ll 5. Last night she met him in Coventry-street and gave him in charge, when he denied all knowledge of her. She told the police to see whether he had not a yellow pocket book with the portrait of a gentleman and two duplicates in it, and also a small black pencil with a gold point, and on the police searching him they found all the articles. Watson, 299 A, placed the articles before the prosecutrix, and she identified all the articles as those she saw. A young girl, servant at 22, Old Compton-street, said she was positive she had seen the prisoner in her mistress's I room. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate, and said he should be able to show that the prosecutrix was mistaken altoge ther as to the prisoner, and that on the night in question the prisoner had not left his father's house. He should hereafter be able to p:ove an alibi. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, offering to take two sureties of £5O each for the prisoner's reappearance, WESTMINSTER. FOCKETEICKING BY A FEMALE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. --Macy Toberald, a respectably-dressed female, with an infant in her arms, was charged, before Mr. Arnold, with stealing a purse, in which were a 20 and a 10-franc gold piece, with other coin, from the person of Madame Victoire Beauvais, residing at 27, Newman street, It appeared, from the evidence, that on the previous afternoon, about five o'clock, the complainant, who had come to this country with a party of excursionists to see the Exhibition, was in one of the annexes, whe n the pri soner, who was carrying an infant, went in front of h er , and was observed by complainant's brother, who saw her trying complainant's pocket. After the prisoner loft com plainant was ,asked if she had lost anything. She felt in her pocket, and missed her purse. The prisoner was charged w ith h av i ng ta k en it, when a police - constable was called up. Upon his arrival the purse was p icked up at the prisoner's f ee t. Police constable 112 X, who had the prisoner in custody, produced the purse. xd The complainant identified it as that which was in her xd pocket, and said that it contained a 2s. and alO franc piece, with some silver coins, and some other articles. xd The prisoner, not being known, was remanded for in quiries to be made about her, and the purse with its con tents were returned to the complainant 951 d al 3 2i 821 i 3 12 i€ 101 1001 TO BE STAFF SURGEONS. Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Ogilvy, M.D., vice Thomas Moore Sunter, M. 8., placed upon half-pay. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Augustus Frederick Turner, vice Lawlor, appointed to the 25th Foot. Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Stewart, M.D., vice Surgeon Major John Summers, M.D., appointed to the Royal Engineers. Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Mackenzie Skues, M.D., vice Porter, appointed to the 89th Foot. TO BE STAFF ASSISTANT-SURGEON S . Assistant-Surgeon Edwin Drew, from the 83d Foot, vice Hyde, appointed to the 20th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Alexander 11..6d, from the 64th Foot, vice J. Ogilvy, M.D., promoted on the Staff. A s sistant-Surgeon George Bell Poppelw ell, from t h e 90th Foot, vice Turner, promoted on the Staff. Staff Assistant- Surgeon Alfred Frederick Stafford Clarke, M.D. from half-pay, vice W. Stewart, moted on the 'Staff.Mall , from Staff Assistant Surgeon Augustus RobinsonbinaGn Staff. half-pay, vice W. M. Skues, M.D., pro- M.D., promoted on the from half- Staff Assistant Surgeon James Watt, M.D., pay, vice Bracken, appointed to the 54th Foot. vice Quinlan, appointed to the 90th Foot. Staff Assistant Surgeon Edward Footner, from half-pay, BREVET. the qualifying whose promotion as stated Colonel William B. Marlow, Royal Engineers, retired bas been cancelled. upon full-pay, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. October, 1858, Colonel Benjamin S. Stehelin, to be Major-General, vice inW itlhlieamaaßzeidttdeleoctolm6bthim,inatylo,l362, The following of6cers having com BE' F oot Foot, lt period of service as Li e utenant - Colonels, under the Bth and 10th clauses of the Royal Warrant of 1 14th ifle Brigade. to be Colonels : F Jo re h d n et E ic . k C ß ol o l b in t g . L L i i e e u u t t : - ..c C , olo n n e e l major Robert John Eager, 31st Foot g Captain John Pringle Sherrill, Bengal to be Lieut.-Col. The promotions of the undermentioned Army, to be Major. Majors in the Army, dated 31st De officers to be in the "Gazette" of that date, have been 1861, as stated 19th January, 1858 : ave been antedated to the Captain C. T. Aitchison, Bombay Infantry. Captain James A. Collier, Bombay Infantry. MEMORANDUM. — The undermentioned officers upon half pay have been permitted to retire from the service by the pale of their Commissions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of the 15th Febru ary, 1861:--- Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Wm. Fortescue, Unattached. Captain the Hon. John James Bury, half-pay, Royal Engineers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL.M ALL. JULY 8. MEMORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been pleased to com mand that Major-General z-ir Frederick Abbott, Et., C. 8., lateßengal Engineers, be appointed a member of the Coun cil of Military Education, in succession to Major-General Joseph E. Portlock, retired upon full-pay, Royal Engi neers, who resigns the appointment. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only Bankruptcies of any commer cial importance which appear in his evening's G aze tt e Samuel F. Bilton, barrister, Essex-street, St ran d J a mes H. Kendall, clerk, Pimlico John C. Jones, tailor, Clapham-road Henry Bessant, builder, Shirley, Southampton Thomas Pierce, dealer in china and glass, Saint Pancras Edwin W. Honnor, cab proprietor, Camden-town John Richards, dairyman Cripplegate, City Caroline Belson, licensed St. vict H u e aller, Frimley, Surrey John Copeland, grocer , lens Henry Marsden and John Clarke, manufacturrs, Black burn Peter Wotton Hansen, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Ernest J. A. Fitzroy, gentleman, Pimlico Thomas Watson, tailor, Hanover-square Edward Cain and James Fairbairn, plumbers, Richmond Thomas Buttomley Dyson, contractor, Rastrick Campling, licensed victualler, Lakenham, Norwich John Parfrey, coach maker, Bristol William Attewell, lace manufacturer, Nottingham Nathaniel Venning, coach builder, Tiverton Richard Hitchins, jun., shipowner, Bristol William Snowden, agricultural implement maker, Long ford, Gloucestershire Thaws E. Thomas, brick maker, Cwmamman, Carmar thenshire Jos. Walker and Wm. Walker, woolstaplers, Gomersal, Yorkshire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Cairns, manufacturer, Laugh°lm Andrew Struthers, draper, Hamilton Robert Whyte, carpenter, Stirling COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Thig DAT. Amsterdam ... Short. 11 16 11 16 Ditto ............ 3 Months. 11 18f 11 19 Rotterdam .......... 11 18} 11 19 Antwerp ..• 25 47f 25 55 8ru55e15............ 25 47f 25 55 Hamburgh .......... 13 8f 13 8! Paris .. Short. 25 25 25 30 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —11 9 k 3 95 13 0 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh 1 13 95 13 6 33f 33i Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 49 49f 49i 49f 25 55 25 60 25 571 25 65 25 39 45 2539; 60 119 119; 119 k 119 a 521 -9 ,1 521 Oporto 52, 25A Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz .. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons MARKETS---THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os Od ; new do., £1 16s to £4 Os; old clover, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. All good and prime stuffs moved off steadila, at extreme rates. ANSTniTEcHAFEI.---Meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os; new do., £ll6s to £4 Os ; clover do., 13 10s to £6 Os ; and straw. El 16s to £2 2s per load. A steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 11 16s to £5 Os; new do., £1 16s to £4 ; 01l .E 3 108 to £6 Os; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been only a limited amount of business transacted, but prices generally are well sustained for good and fine descriptions. SUGAR.—The market has been dull, prices, however, have remained steady. In the refined descriptions a fair amount of business has been done at full prices. COFFEE —For the superior qualities of colonial there has been more inquiry, and quotations in most instances show a slight advance. RICE —A rather large amount of business has been done at fully previous rates. SALTPETRE.—BusinesS has been inactive, and the few dealings recorded were chiefly at about former prices. TALLOW.--The market has continued moderately active and prices are steady, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 475., and last three months, 495. per cwt. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, July B.—Wind this day at noon—West; pleasant breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, July 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Bell Bronard, from Monte Video. CARDIFF, July 7.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sohn, from Bilboa. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—New York, steamer, from Bremen ; Havre, steamer, from Havre. The United States steamer Tuscarora remains in the river. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH). GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, July 7.—lsabella, from Antwerp ; Arthur Par den, from Algoa Bay. Arrived, July B.—Sultana Reina, from St. Vincent; omas, from Havannah ; Mignionette, from Berbice; Shell burne, from Madras ; Grenmar, from Quebec ; Polly, from Colombo ; Brilliant, from St. Lucia Brackley, from Guernsey ; Il Trovatore, from Guernsey. Sailed, July B.—LadylHavelock, steamer, for Valparaiso; Lina, for Lisbon; Coromandel, for Bombay; Cossack, steamer, for St. Petersburgh. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Fassed.—Ealing Grove, bark, from Trinidad, for London. Anchored.—California, from Vlaardingin, for Palermo; Ellen Edwards, from Rotterdam, for Dublin; Shakespeare, from St. John's, for Grimsby ; Carybrig, from Antwerp, for Santa Maria; Emile, bark, from Shields, for Alicante; Teresna, from Shields, for Naples. —. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A COLONEL.—PORTS MOUTH, Monday.—A report was freely circulated in Ports mouth to-day that an attempt had been made by a soldier to shoot Col. Palmer, C. 8., of the 60th Rifles, 2d battalion, quartered in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. The facts are as follows :—Just before 11 o'clock last night the report of firearms was heard from the barracks. This may be explained by the fact that at a quarter to 11 the sentry per ceived a man named Michael Griffin " snapping caps" in the barrack-square near the colonel's quarters. The sentry told the sergeant of the guard, who went into the yard and there saw the prisoner, rifle in hand. Griffin said, "If you don't go away I'll shoot you," whereupon the sergeant retired and called out a file of the guard, and while about to go into the square again he heard the report of a rifle, which at that hour created much alarm. Upon examination it was found that Griffin's rifle ball had penetrated the area wall ad joining Col. Palmer's quarters without doing further harm. It is stated that the man's intention was to shoot his colonel or one of the officers, and whether his rifle went off acci dentally or not is yet a mystery. The present belief is that Griffin hovered about, loaded rifle in hand, awaiting the chance of Colonel Palmer's appearance at the window or elsewhere. The alarm raised by the sentry no doubt frus trated his plats. Nine rounds of blank cartridge were found in his breast, one being missing out of the ten allowed the men, end that can, of course, be fully ac counted for. Griffin b s ears a bad character. He was taken before the colonel this m orning for examination, when het dectined to explain his conduct or to say the matter. A court•martial will try him shortly. ession any about UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. --At thtueens of of Council on Saturday last, the acceptance byhospitaakl was ! Argyll of the office of vice-presidentthe of to Mr. Stansfeld, announced; a vote of than was passedd the M.P., for presiding at the ell rises to the students of the Faculty of Arts ißt o r n ibl ia tei i 7 s . The Jews' Com t inst. and for the excellent address then delivered i.:37 um, tenable for two memoratioa Scholarship of £l5 P pass years, founded to perpetuate the Parliament, and -rteeornseirb u rance of the ing of the act enabling the jliegiv:osus denomin,ltion, wherever open to members of every previously educated, was awarded to Mr. N. I:. Hartog, on Arts that, of the st`uslents of the report of the Faculty the faculty of not more than r, one year's standing . in the he was non the y d ea _862 the most chstinguisheo7 by good conduct. For the next college, general proficiency an arrangements were made as f o ll ows academical session, The introductory lecture at the opening, to be given by P ro fessor D e Mor g an; for the two Andrews scholarships of £B5 each, for the best proficient in mathematics and classics respec ti v ely. Mr. W. H. Besant, ', of Sto forhn' De s Col l ege , Cambridge, was invited to be the examiner;John's mat h em atics, in conjunction with Professor Morgan and Professor Potter ; and Mr. Bunnell l L e ewis, professor of Latin in Queen's College, Cork, wasinv d to be examiner for classics, in conjunction with Professor Newman and Pro fessor Malden; Mr. Georg e lt. Rickards, late professor at Oxford, was requested to join Professor `'Paley in examina tion for the Joseph Hume political lyeeacroe.nomy sc h o larshigf o £2O per annum, te na bl e for threet MIDDLESEX CORONERSHir.—Yesterday the poll ing commenced for the central district, at 8 o'clock, and at the final close, at 4 o'clock, Dr. Lankester was understood to have been elected by'a majority of from sto 18. In the early part of the day Mr. C. E. Lewis had, according to the the returns from his committee, a majority. At 2 o'clock the committee of Mr. C. E. Lewis made the return—Lewis, 894; Lankester, 806; majority for Lewis, 88. From 2 o'clock to the close of the poll no satisfactory account could be obtained. About 2,200 freeholders voted. Both candi dates have demanded a scrutiny, which the sheriffs of Lon don and Middlesex will proceed with this day (Tuesday), and the official state of the poll will be declared on Wed nesday, before 2 o'clock. The committee of Dr. Lankester claim a majority of 18, but the supporters of Mr. Lewis is co nsider that it is not more than five. The expenses of his contest have been considerable on both sides, and as far as the central district is concerned the election roaY °sail dered in favour of the medical profession. On Monday next the question will be decided for the western. district whether a medical or legal gentleman should hold the office of coroner. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. POLITICAL PRISONERS AT NAPLES. The Marquis of N ORMANBY called the attention of their lordships to the treatment of political prisoners at present in confinement in Naples, and moved for any in formation in the possession of her Majesty's Government on the subject. He stated that at this moment there were no less than 16,000 persons in the prisons at Naples for political offences, who w ere suffer i ng every kind of misery and wretchedness. Such a stee of things spoke for itself, and it was impossible to re concile it with the new system of government, based upon popular feeling of respecting the rights of the people. R e wished also to point out another fact, that although the transfer of the government was said to have been effected by a national vote, there were only 28,000 electors out of a population of eight millions. He justified his motion on the ground that during the reign of the late King of Naples many returns of a similar nature had been granted by the Government. It might also be urged that this was a question which related only to the internal affairs of Italy, but for the last three years her Majesty's Government had constantly been in terfering with the minutest details of the internal administration of Italy and had closely identified itself and expressed its approval of the proceedings of the Italian Government. Earl RUSSELL believed that the former Government oe and dNapleshe e dw always asas detestab l e heartily ei e e d Governmentat is over a t s h ever existed, Whet ever the noble marquis might say to the conrtorwar.ylh ,Vthearte could be no doubt that Italy was making great progress • and within a day or two he had heard that Russi a and Prussia were disposed to recognise the n ew Italian king dom.ad As regarded the particular question to which his noble friend alluded, his knowledge was of the most meagre cha racter. He had not appointed any commission or agents to make inquiries, but Mr. Consul-General Bonham had in formed him that he had sent Mr. Douglas, a person in whom he had confidence, to institute an investigation, in consequence of Mr. Bishop's complaints of the treatment he had received in prison; but it seemed that the only cause of complaint which Mr. Bishop had was his not being brought to trial. Her Majesty's Government agreed that this was a valid ground of complaint, and Sir J. Hudson had been instructed to make a representation to the Govern ment at Turin to that effect. He had since learnt that the list of the jury was to be completed on that very day, and that the trial would be immediately proceeded with. Of course he could not answer for the acts of Neapolitan gaolers for he knew well the sort of persons who had been employed by the late Government of Naples, and it would be prepos terous to suppose that these men would all at once become proper administrators of justice. He had no objection to produce the papers required by his noble friend. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH considered that their lordships were not entitled to interfere in a matter which affected ether than British subjects, It was desirable not to regard Italy as in a state of pupilage, but if she were it was not for us to be her censors or tutors. Of this, however, he was convinced,that there would be no feeling of independence and no good government in Italy, unless she was left alto gether to the management of her own affairs. Lord BROUGHAM generally concurred in the observe.- tions of his noble friend who had just spoken, and inquired if it were true that Russia had acknowledged the kingdom of Italy. Earl RUSSELL replied that Russia had declared her intention to do so upon receiving an assurance from the Italian Government that Italy should continue to be pacific towards her neighbours, and that she should not attempt any act of aggression upon the territories of Austria or the German Confederacy. Lori BROUGHAM rejoiced to hear it, and hoped that nothing would happen to place any obstacle in the way of the acknowledgment of the new Italian kingdom by the powers of Europe. The Earl of HARROWBY expressed an opinion that since the recent political changes the condition of the whole of Italy had greatly improved. The brigandage of which so much had been said was confined to five out of fifteen provinces. The insurgents did not number more than a thousand, and the Piedmontese force was amply sufficient to put them down. He understood, moreover, that the bri gands wore not led by Neapolitan, but by Spanish officers. The Marquis of NORMANBY having replied, the mo tion for papers was agreed to, and the subject dropped. The Game Laws (No. 2) Bill and the Crown Private Estates Bill passed through committee. The Courts of the Church of Scotland Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Lord J. MANNERS moved the omission of clause 34, which enacted that no buildings should be erected on the ground abutting on the embankment without the consent of the Chief Commissioner of Works to the plan thereof. Mr. COWPER supported the clause ; and after some discussion the committee divided, and the amendment was negatived by 162 to 145. The clause was then agreed to. The remaining clauses having also been agreed to, Mr. AYRTON proposed the addition of a clause providing that in case the societies of the Inner and Middle Temple should not admit the public freely to the use of their gardens the land to be given them under the bill should become vested in the Board of Works for the purposes of public recreation. Mr. M. SMITH opposed the clause, and explained the nature of the arrangements made by the benchers for the admission of the public at seasonable hours to their gardens. On a division the clause was rejected by 139 to 18, and the bill passed through committee. FORTIFICATIONS BILL. On the order for going into committee on the Fortifica tions (Provision for Expenses) Bill, Mr. LINDSAY moved as an amendment, "That it is expedient to postpone the consideration of further expendi ture upon the proposed fortifications authorised by this bill until there have been laid before the house copies or extracts of reports from our naval attache at Paris, showing the state of the French navy from time to time, at intervals not exceeding three months, during the years 1860 and 1861." Lord C. PAGET opposed the amendment, and argued that the iron-cased navy of France was making such great advances as to render the measures which her Majesty's Government were adopting absolutely necessary. Those measures were, in fact, regulated by information in the truth of which the utmost confidence might be reposed: Mr. COBDEN protested against the vague geueralities in which the Government indulged u p on this subjet, and declared that during the 12 years of t he Imperial regtme the French navy bore a far less proportion t 9 that of England than in the time of Louis Philippe; and that we had spent upon the navy double what F rance had upon here in that period. Alluding to the fre q uent recurrence of invasion panics, the hon. member chargedLordPhalemhearsd madeton wit in levity and indiscretion i n the s tatements that house, and observed that hhe hel a d h t s h ur e d no a b n l d e v g i r s o c un ou d n i t e to ss a great extent responsible for t ose alarms. Sir J. PAS on said he had never heard a speech from Lord Palmerston upon the subject of the relative strength of the navies of France and England which, wa not only free from vagueness and exaggeration, b t that was not perfectly accurate. The remarks of Mr. C obden u bad nothing more to do with the questionattiossiune t than if he had dra wn a comparison between the navies of England e t i indeed,utinstitut e a an d Spain at the time of the Armada* than Nothing, cou ld he more fallacious and decepti ve comparison between the navies o f England and France, entered i e la to f o unded solely upon a statement of the money expended every element el s em gi e l n e t n w p h e i r ch iod the at o f wages and the price of wholly different in the two countries.ship-bu A il t di t n hi g s beingm oment so France was ahead of E ng l an d i n i ron-plate d s hi ps , an d it behoved her Majesty's Government not to discontinue or relax in their efforts to place our military and naval defences on a proper footing, lord I) with u hi m ALMERSTON, replying to Mr. Cobden's charges, said that he received them the tmost . pos sible quietness, and that differing as he did from views, he was proud to be the object of the hon. mem ber's censure. hiser's The idea by which he (Lord Palmerston) wa actuated seemed never to have entered into the fertile brain lof the hon. member. That idea was that England ought to be defended; that our navy could not exist 'without dock yards, and that those dockyards ought to be placed in a po- I t , ition to be secured against any sudden attack. The fact wal,:, the hon. member was in a state of blindness and delu sion which made him utterly unfit to be listened to by the country as an adviser on matters of this sort. He w as no d ou bt a good authority upon questio ns of 1" nav al and mercial natl-tre, but in speaking upon m ilit ar y subjes the honourable member went be and y e erepidatn, and wo a most dangerous counsellor. The noble lord further remarked that he adhered to the statements which he had made on previous occasions, with regard to the relative strength of this country and France. Granted that there was no likelih oo d at the present m oment of a war between the two countries, yet that w as the ver y reason why we should employ the i atinterval of peac d e an amity in putting ourse l ves in a situon to be prepared for any contingency that might happen. then Lindsay was withdrawn, The amendment of Mr. and the bill passed through comm i t t ee. e Bill and the Turnpike The Turnpike A cts Coutinuane d Trusts Arrangements 1301 were rea a second time. The order for the Markets and Fairs (Ireland) Bill—a bill use —was discharged and the with ' G ove rnment pl eas wi d Th e rewa lag b u siness was also disposed of, and th e rawn. tui. house adjourned. _— Abou t £160,0 00 in go ld was sent into the Bank to -day, making a total of £572,000 since last Wed: ne sday. The influx will probably continue on a large scale through the week. The Advices just received from Melbourne an nounce the shipment for England during the month of £315,000 in gold, making the a ggregate on the Way ) £525,500. The amount of the pre i sent remittances is below the average. ..