The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

AL WRESS TO SIR JOHN LAWRENCE. esterday afternoon, a public meeting was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, to present an address to the Right Honourable Sir John Lawrence, Bart., G.C.8.. There -was a very large and influential attendance. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were the following noblenien and gentlemen :—The Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, Marquis of Westminster, Earl Bandon, Earl Ducie, Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Kinnaird, Rev. James Bagge, W. J. Maxwell, Robert Hanbury, M.P., Rev. J. W. Reeve, J. H. Bracebridge, Rev. S. M inton, Sir John Ogilvy, Bart., M.P. Rev.. John Hodgson, Canon Miller, E. M‘Naughlen, Rev. H. Beamish, William Long, Earl Sandon, Lord Lyttelton, L. H. H. Oliphant, Admiral Trotter, T. Nisbet, M.P., Canon Dale, Rev. H. Venn, Rev. Albert Rogers, Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., M.P., A. Haldane, T. Meadows White, Colonel Ma c donald , Sir Culi n g Eardley, Bart., J. M. Strachan, Lord Duncan, M.P., Admiral Harcourt, Joseph Hoare, M.P., A. Lefroy, M.P., Rev. Dr. Cumming, Monckton Milnes, M.P. Sir John Logan, T. O'Malley, Q.C., J. Farish, Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., General Alex ander, Sir J. Kennaway, Rev. H. Latrobe, Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., and Arthur Mills, M.P. The Lord Bishop of London presided. The meeting having been opened with prayer, Sir CULLING EARDLEY explained the circum stances of the address. He had only a few observe.• tions to make, which would not detain them more than a few minutes. He was requested by those who had convened this meeting to state a few facts. The number of signatures appended to the address was between 7,000 and 8,000, almost all of them being the signatures of persons of education, and capable of forming an opinion on the subject. (Hear.) Amongst the signatures were those of three archbishops, 20 bishops , 28 peers of the realm and no bler= c, and 71 members of Parliament. (Cheers.) In wane with the classes now referred to, it was rigat t o mention that the circular issued to the mem bers of both Houses of Parliament was only sent out the day before yesterday, and that conse quently there were many answers not yet received. A large number of persons in the military , and naval services, and in a public position, had signed the address. There was one element in the signa tures—namely, that there were those of lord mayors, mayors, and provosts, of 300 places in the I.Taited Kingdom, who had all, with the greatest readiness and alacrity, desired that their names might be appended to this document. cCheers.) If it was desired to collect the public opinion of the country, there were no better means than by ob taining the signatures of the chief municipal.autho rifles. The chief authorities of the boroughs and counties had also contributed their quota of signa tures. He was also requested to state that the document was signediby men of all shades of poli tical opinions, and by ecclesiastical persons of every denomination. (Cheers.) The unanimity of all classes upon this subject far exceeded anything of the sort that he had seen within his experience. (Cheers.) Indeed, many had expressed their warmest gratitude for the opportunity of thus expressing their appreciation of Sir John Lawrence's brilliant services. Others had stated that they virtually represented hundreds and thousands of their coun trymen. The following extracts were only from a few of the letters he had. received : From the Mayor of Durham. After expressing great pleasure, he says : "His (Sir John Lawrence's) conduct in India deserves the thanks of every Briton, and especially for the enuncia dim of that great Christian principle, the removal of the interdict under which God's Hely Word is placed by the 414rvernment." From tke Mayor of Wells : "Ira will, indeed, feel proud to add his mite of acknow ledgment of the noble patriotism, chivalric valour, and in domitable and persevering courage and ability of Sir John Lawrence, to which, under God, we probably owe the pre servation of our Indian Empire." From a place in the county of Meath : " Enclosed is the address to Sir John Lawrence, from his hearty well-wishers." From the Vicar of Wellingborough : "I trust every Christian in England will sign it. Eng land may justly be proud of such a man." From Sir Brooke Brydges : " I beg to thank you for forwarding me a copy of the most excellent and valuable address proposed to be pre sented to Sir John Lawrence." From the Rev. J. 0. Routh : "Having a great admiration for Sir John Lawrence, and fully coinciding in the admirable address to him which has just reached me for signature, I have much pleasure in signing it." From a gentleman at Bake well : " With the most respectable names in Bakewell, I trust this small but hearty express ion of esteem for the noble gentleman to whom it is addressed will not be unaccept able." From a gentleman in Dublin : " I return it with a few respectable signatures. However, if it were necessary, or even desirable, hundreds more might be very easily added." In connexion with the circulars that had just been sent to members of Parliament, he would read an extract from the reply of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer : " 11,Toeming-street, Whitehall, June 23, 1859. "My Dear Sir,—l thank you for your letter of the 20th inst., and beg to assure you that I should be happy to join, were I now able to act in my individual capacity, in any testimonial expressive of the most profound respect and re gard for Sir John Lawrence ; but I think that- my official position renders it inexpedient for me to sign any address relating to public affairs, on which I may have to deliberate in another capacity. " Believe me, my dear sir, yours very faithfully, " Sir Culling Eardley, Bart." " W. GLADSTONE. The committee had requested him to state to his ' lordship that the box he held in his hand contained the address, engrossed on vellum, which they de sired he would present to Sir John Lawrence. It also contained the signatures of persons of every class in the three kingdoms, who had requested their names might be attached to that document. His lordship's signature would be attached to it, as chairman of that meeting. (Cheers.) There was one more thing he was requested to state, that in presenting this document to this noble and dis- tinguished man, Sir John Lawrence, they had two objects in view—the one was to do personal honour to a man who occupied as great a position in public estimation and respect as any man living—(loud cheers)—on account of the services he had rendered to his country, and especially of his services to the cause of Christianity in that portion of the country he had so admirably administered. (Cheers.) But while they wished to do honour to the man, they wished also to do honour to the cause ; and he was desired to state on their behalf that they desire to administer the Government of India in a manner that would do honour to God and maintain the honour of the country in India. (Cheers.) There was no opinion more general than, whoever was in office, India should be administered in a manner to show that England was not ashamed of her colours, and that the policy of Sir John Lawrence had • supported was one to which all desired to give their most cordial adhesion. (Loud cheers.) H e had been requested to say these few words, a n d having said them he should resume his seat. The Bishop of LONDON then rose and said—Sir John Lawrence, I believe I shall best consult your feelings, as certainly I shall best consult my own, by being very brief in what I shall say on this occa sion. lam deputed by 7,000 of your fellow-coun trymen to express our thankfulness to God for your safe return to your native country—(cheers) —also our thankfulness for the services you have been enabled to perform in that difficult period of your country's history which, thank God, we may now say is ended. (Hear, hear.) It would ill be come me to enter into any enumeration of your, services. These are already matters of history, and they have already been brought before the British community in the two most august assem blies in the civilised world, by those whose privi lege Ms to award the praise and the honours as signed to meritorious individuals by the Sovereign of the country. I should only fail if I attempted to follow in the enumeration of the services which you have performed, but, perhaps, if we do look back for a moment at what you have been privi leged to do, we shall be best fulfilling our part, and act more in sympathy with your feelings, if we say that we are anxious on this occasion to express our thank s , not to you, but to the Supreme Ruler of all events;'who, having placed you in the position you occupied in India in that momentous crisis, used you as the instrument by which Christian power was to be maintained on a large portion of that continent. (Cheers.) When we look back to the particular services you were able to perform—when we turn our eyes a few years backwards, and ob serve that the country in which you were placed was the battle -field of India—when we consider how those tremendous armaments of India threat ened the very existence of the British name in that country some ten years ago—heW the existence and the organisation of those armaments were— I will not say a terror to England, but a cause of great anxiety, that if England were not fully awake to the existence o f t h at organisation, • the Sikh power might destroy the power of England in India ; when we remember that at the commencement of the mutiny it was said that one of the causes of our weakness was the n ecess it y of concentrating the British forces to keep the Sikh territory in order —when we remember that through your instrumentality that land which was our terror became our strength—when we remember that in the Punjaub, owing to the prudence of your ar rangements, you were enabled to dispense with the British force, and send that force for the re-capture of Delhi, and that tact weapon which at one time was deemed - likely to deal a serious blow to British power became, when wielded by your strong hand , gas of QV firfAtwit deiSIMSi Rhea, Yie.. remember that those very soldiers who, a few years ago, were engaged th mortal conflict with the British forces, had, by your direction, become our strongest and most faithful allies—in fact, when we look at the whole history of what was achieved in the Punj aub for the deliverance of India, it so partakes of the marvel lous, that we should not render thanks to the human instrument, but to the Almighty God by whom that instrument was employed. (Cheers.) We are here, , Sir John, to congratulate you on your return to your native country, and when we thus express our congratulations to you, our hearts must, of course, turn to those who are not so privileged as you are to return in health to their homes. (Hear, hear.) We, all feel that it is one of the saddest parts of the history of the mutiny, that so many of those whose names had become illustrious in that awful struggle and who gave the brightest promise that for years they would be the strength of their country, have, in God's mysterious providence , been cut off in the middle of their strength. And while we express thanks to God for your safe return—one out of the few who have been privileged to return, our thoughts are directed to him who is most near and dear to you and to whose exert exertions great part of the security of the Sikh te rritary i s due (Sir H. Law rence). He has not lived to return home and re ceive the / honours that would be naturally awarded to him, but his name will certainly live in the an nals of his country—(cheers)—not only for the I part he borei n that bloody strife in which his life closed, but still more for what he did in the days of his health and strength in the cause of peace. (Cheers.) He was known not only for those great and brave qualities which distinguish the soldier — not only for those sterner qualities, but also for his loving heart. (Cheers.) His name will live long in India in the affections of the soldiers, whose friend he pre-eminently was. (Cheers.) le was privileged in his time to do that great part of mis sionary work which is certainly not the least im portant part of our duty . in India, for, like him, we should take a lively Christian interest in our own soldiers , and their children, as well as in the heathen whom God has committed to our trust. If other institutions were to perish in India, I believe that the memory of the " Lawrence Institution" would long survive. (Cheers.) And while we con gratulate you, sir, on being thus spared to return to your friends, it is not unnatural to ask—and, doubtless it is a question which you have asked yourself—for what purpose are you spared P It has been said by the first speaker that we are anxious to-day, even more intimately than has been dcne before, to associate your name with the spirit of real Christian principle in the government of India. But you would much mistake, I think, the feelings of this meeting, and of those who have signed their names to this address, if you could for a moment suppose that we are desirous to pledge you, more than you desire, to any par ticular line of policy with regard to the management of India. We have come here to-day not to pledge you to anything, but to express our trust in your manly and straightforward Christian principle—(prolonged applause) to say that we are thoroughly satisfied with the declarations you have made, and to hope that, using your right as a Christian statesman, you will apply the general principles which you have laid down. (Cheers.) We are not of those who would make this question of the Christian government of India a party ques tion. (Cheers.) Far from that, we believe,it to be a question in which the whole country is interested. We do not believe that it is a question which be longs to one party more than another ; and if we deplore from time to time the difficulties which beset the Government of the country, causing them to giye expression to sentiments which seem to speak, in an objectionable sense, of the neutrality to be observed as to Christianity on the one hand, or heathenism on the other, we feel confident that those expressions do not find an echo in the heart of the country. (Hear, hear.) We have a confi dent hope that the more questions connected with this subject are examined—the more calmly they are looked into—the more all the difficulties of the question are faced, the more will all good and patriotic Englishmen feel convinced that it is on Christian principles the Government and education of India must be carried on. (Cheers.) Now, as to this matter of the introduction of the Bible into our Government schools in India—anxious as we are to make our solemn appeal to the nation in favour of what we believe to be right—we do not think we shall be right in overlooking any of the difficulties that present themselves in the way of accomplishing the objects we have in view. For my part, I hail with satisfaction the publication of those documents to which your name is attached, because they seem to me to answer the only objection that could be urged against what we earnestly desire to see introduced. (Cheers.) We have been told from time to time that it was all very well to think of Christianising India, but that it was obviously true that the first condition of Christianising India was to retain pos session of it, for that if, by a mistake in the manner of Christianising it, our troops should be swept into the sea, then there would be an end of Christianity in India. We were also told by men of great experi ence, that however desirable it was to give a Chris tian character to India, we should be cautious lest it should produce an outbreak such as we had re cently witnessed. For my part, I felt anxious to hear what could be said on that subject by one who had practical knowledge of the matter; and, Sir, when we bad your testimony that there was no such danger, I felt in my mind that the question was settled. (Cheers.) And I believe that this is the feeling of this country. (Cheers.) There is no man from one end of England to the other who does not desire that the education of India should be Chris. tian. Sir, your testimony in this matter is of great, value. (Cheers.) lam aware that in that docu ment which you laid before the public you spoke with the caution which becomes one in your posi tion. You stated, as a qualification to the intro duction of the Scriptures into the Government schools of India, that you must first find competent teachers. I heartily coincide with you in this. I do not think any great good would arise from the heathen giving lectures on the New Testament. In looking at China, I see there a strange mutilated form of Christianity, which is a mockery to the name. (Hear.) I hope that in taking the subject in hand we shall do so on those statesmanlike Chris tian principles which you have so ably enunciated, and that we shall endeavour to make the instruc tion we give in the Scriptures real instruction, so that the learner shall not be merely acquainted with the dates and geography of the history of our Lord, but that he may have Christian principles imbued into his mind, and real Christian morality made the basis of his future life. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I cannot help, Sir, indulging in the hope that in the position in which you are placed in the Indian Ccruncil, you will endeavour to settle this question in such a manner as will carry every party and section of the country along with you. (Cheers.) I trust the day is gone by when it was necessary to have any agitation on this question. Ido believe that, aided by your counsel, it will very soon appear to all statesmen of all de partments and all castes that we must make an effort to have our Christian Scriptures spread throughout the length and breadth of India. (Cheers.) I have already detained you too long, and I shall now do no more than read this address, which, I am to sign in the name of the present meeting and those who have signed it. (Cheers.) His lordship then read the following address : "ADDRESS TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN LAWRENCE, BART., G.C.13,1 "SIR JOHN LAWRENCE, —We, the undersigned, taking a deep interest in the moral and religious welfare of the people of India, beg to approach you, on the occasion of your h a ppy return to your native country, with our most respectful and hearty congratulations. It has pleased Divine Providence to relieve our nation from the solici tude, into which it was lately plunged, by the state of our Indian Empire • and to fill us with thankfulness for the recognise the restoration of t ranquillity and the complete establishment of the Royal authority in every part of the country. " In you, Sir John, we, in common with the great body man, this never-to of your fellow-countrymen, gratefallY instru ment raised up an all-wise Providence, to hear a . part equ a l, if not superior to that of any living be-forgotten service to the British nation. Placed, as ruler, in a country where you were isolated by rebellion from the three Presidencies of India ; and by nature from the sea,—the ordinary reserve of a British Gove rnor; having a dangerous frontier on one side, t he chief seats of rebellion on the other, and a turbulent popu lation immediately around you ; it was your sin ci gular happiness, in conjunction with the illustrious band of men, trained' in your own school, not merely to hold the recently occupied Punjab, brit in a spirit of the noblest self-devotion, to strip it of a large portion of its European garrison, and bring all its resources, and its old Khalsa sol diery, to bear upon the conquest of Dslhi, and the recovery of our Indian empire. " We rejoice that your valuable life has been preserved; whilst so many who shared with you the burdens and merits of the conflict have fallen before its close. Among the very foremost of these, your countrymen will bear in memory the great qualities, theinestimable services, and the patriotic end of your illustrious brother, Sir Henry Lawrence. " With especial gratification we call to mind how, in the very midst of the struggle, and of greater dangers than ethers have deemed sufficient grounds for shrinking from every avowal of Christianity, you advised its frank profes sion. You laid down the principle that, having endea voured solely to ascertain what is our Christian duty, we should follow it out to the uttermost undeterred by any con sideration.' You knew that the tolerant spirit and benign precepts of our religion provided a permanent guarantee for the rights of all, especially in matters of conscience, which could not be furnished by temporising policy. You knew that ' if anything like compulsion enters into our system of diffusing Christianity, the rules of that religion itself are disobeyed, and we shall never be permitted to profit by our disobedience.' You have recorded your conviction that Christian things done in a Chlristian waywill never alienate the heathen. About such things there are qualities which do not provoke nor excite distrust, nor harden to resistance. It is when unchristian things are done in the name of Chris tianity, or when Christian things are done in an unchris tian way, that mischief and danger are occasioned. These words are memorable. Their effect will be happy not only on your own age, but on ages to come. Your proposal that the A9ly bible 4644 In retie led cm the ititordiqt udox THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1859, which it is placed in Government schools and colleges, was true to the British principle of religious liberty, and faith ful to your Christian conscience. We fully concur in your statement, that ' anything like abnegation of our own principles does not generate confidence in us with the people. They only suspect us of some hidden ulterior de sign.' "In such public acts you were enabled, amid extraordi nary cares of State, to honour Him who reigns over all potentates. And in the pre-eminent place which the esteem of your countrymen assigns to you we recognise another proof of the principle, ' Them that honour Me, I will honour.' "We offer our fervent prayer, in which we know we shall be joined by tens of thousands, that God may long preserve your life, and still continue to employ you as a great instrument of the public good." -' Sir JOHN LAWRENCE then rose, and was received with the warmest demonstrations of respect, the whole company, ladies and gentlemen, standing to do him honour, and greeting him with cheer after cheer. After silence was restored, he said—My Lord Bishop, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—The state of my health makes it very difficult for me to speak without suffering hereafter, and with your kind permission I will read my reply. I heartily thank your lordship and the many noblemen and gentle men who have signed the address, for the high honour which they have done me. You have been good enough to attribute to me a large share of the credit which is considered due to those who fought to maintain the supremacy of England and secure the safety of her people, so sorely jeopardised in the late dreadful struggle in India. lam grate ful for the good opinion of my country en, and deem their suffrages the highest honour I could gain. There were, however, in that crisis many men by my side who are fairly entitled to partici pate in this distinction, and whose services I have endeavoured to bring to notice. All, however, which we did was no more than our duty, and even our immediate interest. It was no more than the necessities of our position impelled us to attempt. Onr sole chance of escape was to resist to the last. The path of hollow ' ot duty, and of safety was clearly marked out for us. The desperation of our circumstances nerved us to the uttermost. There never, perhaps, was an occasion when it was more truly necessary to win or to die. To use the words of my heroic brother at Lucknow, it was incumbent on us'" never to give in." We had no retreat, no scope for compromise. That we were eventually successful against the fearful odds which beset us, was alone the work of the great God, who so mercifully vouchsafed his protection. Nothing but a series of miracles saved us. To Him therefore alone is the glory due. (Cheers.) I see no valid rea son for changing the opinion which I have expressed on the expediency of allowing . the Bible to be read in all our schools and colleges in India by thole who desire to do so. Far from apprehending evil from this liberty, I believe that the results for some years would be scarcely perceptible. In progress of time no doubt, however, the seed which was sown would bring forth fruit. It is not possible to introduce Western learning and science into India without leading its people to throw off their own faith. If this position be correct, surely we are bound to give them facilities for acquiring a knowledge of the true faith. This is our true policy, not only as Christians but as statesmen. In doing our duty towards them we should neither infringe the rights of conscience nor interfere with the free will of man, while we should be working in the true way to maintain our hold on India.. Had the mutineers of the Bengal Army possessed some insight into the principles of the Christian religion they would never have been misled in the manner they were—they would never have banded themselves together to resist and to avenge imaginary wrongs. Ignorance in all ages has been productive of error and delusion. India has formed no exception to this rule. I pray that the misfortunes entailed by this mutiny may teach England true wisdom, without which her tenure of India can never prove prosperous and enduring. Sir John added, I thank you for the hearty way in which you have received my address. (Cheers.) Mr. KINNAIRD, M.P., moved a cordial vote of thanks to the Lord Bishop of London, for so kindly presiding on the oecasion. The Bishop of LONDON returned thanks, and the proceedings terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE—June 24. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Baron Channell and a Special Jury.) HOPE V. BATTY. This was an interpleader issue to try the right of the defendant, Mr. Batty, formerly the proprietor of Astley's Amphitheatre ' and now residing at Camden-town, to certain horses, ponies, dresses, &c., valued at about £l,OOO, which were claimed by the plaintiff, as official assignee of a bankrupt named William Darby, better known as " Pablo Fanque," lately the proprietor of a travelling equestrian circus. Mr. Wilde and Mr. Baylis appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Lloyd conducted the case for the defence. On the part of the plaintiff several witnesses were called to prove that Pablo Fanque had treated the equestrian establishment entirely as his own, paid all the salaries and expenses, and kept his name upon the vans, waggons, tents, &c. James Myers, an equestrian, now performing at the Pavilion, Whitechapel-road, proved hating in March, 1858, sold a tent to Pablo for £lOO 135., and also a large number of coloured placards for £lOO. (These placards which were on a gigantic scale and represented various " scenes in the circus" were exhibited in court, and excited considerable interest and amusement.) The witness stated that they were printed in America by his order, but that they had never been used there, and were quite unique in this country. He recollected that Pablo had a highly trained mare called Beada. It would be difficult to put a price upon her. To him (witness) she would be worth little, as he did not knob how to use her properly, but to a man like Pablo Fanque she was worth £l,OOO. There were two branches in the profession. First, there were the equestrians, and secondly the dancing horse men. If a horse was broken for the " pad" it would not also be learnt to dance. A man riding a dancing horse would not ride a horse trained for a pad. He offered £lOO for Beada at the sale, in tending to run the risk of getting some one who could use her. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—A horse trained for dancing would be utterly useless for pad purposes. A horse which wears a pad is used by equestrians who jump through hoops. You could not use Beada, but if you moved the reins a parti cular way she might dance. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins—But if I wished to exhibit her to a large audience and to make her go through tricks, I could not do so? Witness—l should say you are not the figure for it. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Hawkins—A figure like that of the peti tionine, creditor would do ? (Laughter.) Witness—l don't know him. Mr. Hawkins—But you assure me I am not the figure for an equestrian. (Laughter.) Witness—Yes ' • figure enters into the matter in almost all cases. If I had a man with a hump back, with his head turned a little on the wrong side, with eyes which squint, or with a nose too large, I should not think of putting him on a horse. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins—You would put him in another line of business altogether ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Hawkins—What line of business arc you in ? Witness—ln the comic line. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins—l thought so, and you have had a good deal of experience in chaff. (Laughter.) Baron Channell—Did you ever perform in Pablo's establishment ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Hawkins—ln what capacity ? Witness—l was clown. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins—You trip up people, tnmble about, and make speeches ? Witness--dust so. Mr. Hawkins, in his address for the defence, said that the defendant, Mr. Batty, who was well known all over the world, had by his talent, t a h g e o n h ae lad, am and e exer tions, a n d i n d us t ry as a p ro p r ietor of an equestrian bec establishme n t, amasse d no ipconsiderable fortune, and no w li ve d i n ret i remen t . Ab ou t 17 or 18 y ears acquainted him asan apprentice, with William and D rby, took when Darby' s apprenticeship had expired he com menced business as an e • questrian on Lis own ac count, and travelled about the country with a cir cus, under the name of Pablo Fanque. In 1850 he became indebted to a Mr. Buller in a sum of £765, and to Mr. Batty in another sum of £460 for money advanced, making a total of £1,225, for w hich he gave them a joint bill of sale on his pro perty, and also a warrant of attorney as collateral security. Mr. Batty then undertook the financial management of the establishment, and the surplus receipts were regularly transmitted to him, and were applied to the liquidation of the debt. The bill of sale was afterwards lost by the person in whose custody it had been placed, but in 1854, Mr. Batty having made further advances to Pablo, and the concern not being so flourishing as it had pre viously been it was thought necessary to have an other bill of sale, and one was accordingly executed, but that was destroyed in consequence of its exist- ' enee being no longer necessary. In November, 1854, Mr. Buller's debt was reduced to a small sum by payments, and Mr. Batty having undertaken to pay the balance, the whole securities were handed over to him. Shortly afterwards Mr. Batty put the bill of sale in force, and had the circus and all the property put up for sale by auction in one lot at Worcester, and there being no bidder for a larger Mull than. £5OO, he himself became purchmor. however, allowed Pablo to carry on the business of the circus as before, charging him a certain sum per week for rent, and this arrangement continued up to the time when the property was seized under the bankruptcy. Mr. Batty and other witnesses were called to prove these and other facts, and after a trial which lasted the entire day, The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—June 24. GUILDHALL.—THE ALLEGED TESTIMONIAL FRAUDS.—Robert Marks, a gentlemanly middle aged man, with a very imposing appearance, was brought up on remand, for further examination, relative to numerous frauds which, it was alleged, he had committed in connection with the collection of subscriptions for the " Cort Testimonial Fund" and a testimonial to Alderman Me3hi. Alderman Salomons presided. Sir P. Laurie, Alderman Copeland, Sir J. Musgrove, Alderman Wilson, Alderman Mechi, Sir R. W. Carden, Mr.. Whitbread, of the well-known brewery firm, Mr. Snape, a barrister, and many other gentlemen in terested in the case, were present during the pro ceedings. Mr. Humphreys,jun., of the firm of Humphreys, Son, and Morgan, of Giltspur-chambers, Newgate street, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Beard, of Basinghall-street, defended the prisoner. The evidence of Mr. Thorley, the patent cattle food proprietor, Mr. R. Cort, the son of the inven tor of the pudding and rolling process in the manu facture of iron, and other witnesses examined at the former hearing having been read over, Mr Humphreys said this was a prosecution in stituted by Alderman Mechi, whose name had been used by the prisoner in the matters about to be in vestigated, and the worthy alderman felt that great injustice would have been done to the public had he not taken the necessary steps to secure his apprehension, in order that he might be tried for the frauds alleged against him. The following additional evidence was then called: James Gale said—l am a clerk in the Royal Agricultural Society's office, and I know of no tes timonial being got up by the society to Alderman Mechi. The prisoner has not, to my knowledge, ever been employed in any way by the society. Mr. Robert James Snape said—l am a barrister at-law, and have chambers at 2, Stone-buildings. I recollect the prisoner coming to my chambers on the 31st of December last, and representing that he was engaged in collecting subscriptions to a testi monial to Alderman Mechi. He exhibited a docu- ment, either parchment or paper, containing the names of a number of persons who, he said, were all subscribers to the testimonial. I objected to any testimonial. upon which he urged the claim of Ald. Mechi to a testimonial, on the ground of his services to the cause of scientific farming. As a further in ducement to subscribe, he said that every subscriber would have a copy of Alderman Mechi's portrait or print. I told him not to send me a print, as I should decline to receive it ; but that as I was personally acquainted with Alderman Mechi, and on that ground only I would subscribe. I then gave him a cheque made payable to the " Mechi's Testimo nial" for £1 ls., which has since been paid, and the voucher returned to me. I believe the prisoner men tioned what the testimonial was to consist of, but I do not recollect what it was to be. Cross.examined—l never saw either the prisoner or the printed circular produced before. Ido not recollect signing the subscription list. Mr. Beard here pointed out a signature on the subscription list, and upon witness acknowledging it as his writing, said the heading of the list was a perfect answer to the charge, inasmuch as it set forth that the subscription was for a testimonial print, of which he had a copy present, and which, being a very beautifully-executed portrait, was well worth the whole amount subscribed. Mr. Humphreys objected to the heading of the testimonial being readin evidence, because it formed no part of the sheet of paper containing witness's signature. Mr. Beard expressed surprise at the objection, as the evidence he now offered contained the gist of the whole case. Mr. Humphreys said it could not be received in evidence, as the witness did not recollect seeing the heading of the testimonial at all. Mr. Snape—l paid the subscription totally dis tinct from any print, and solely for the testimonial. I did receive a print about a month after. I believe there was no heading to the subscription list I saw. Mr. Beard—He might here state that, so far from these subscriptions being obtained under false pretences, or without authority, the whole matter was conducted with the knowledge and sanction of Mr. Bazin, Alderman Mechi's partner, who fur nished the prisoner with a list of the subscribers to the original testimonial. He should have to cross-examine Mr. Bazin upon some matters, and he therefore trusted the prosecution would call him to enable him to do so. Mr. Humphreys said he could not undertake to call Mr. Bazin unless his evidence should hereafter be deemed material to the prosecution. Mr. Beard said—Then he should be obliged to call him as a witness for the defence. Mr. Humphreys said that was all the evidence he had to offer in that case. Bull, the detective officer who apprehended the prisoner, said there was a witness here in Mr. Cort's case, and he rather expected Lord Berners would have been present, as his lordship promisedto attend if he could. Mr. Beard said there was no pretence for any charge against the prisoner by Lord Berners. Mr. Thompson said—l am a civil engineer, and assistant to Messrs. Rendell, of Great George-street, Westminster. On the 7th January, 1857, the pri soner called on Messrs. Rendell, and solicited sub scriptions for the " Cort Testimonial Fund." Messrs. Rendell authorised me to give £5 towards the fund, and on handing over that amount to the prisoner he gave me this receipt. The prisoner represented the strong claims of the Cort family upon the engineerino , profession and the public, in consequence of the father's invention for the manu facture of iron. I paid him the amount, believing he was authorised to collect for the fund. Mr. Richard Cart said—l never received one farthing of the sum of £5 paid to the prisoner for the " Cort Testimonisl Fund" of Messrs. Ren dell, in January, 1857. I regularly dismissed the prisoner in October, 1856, by letter sent through the post, and I subsequently told, him myself that he was dismissed. I told him so before the date of the payment of the £5 by Messrs. Rendell. Cross-examined—A committee was formed for carrying out this-testimonial, and an account was opened at Sir John Lubbock's bank for receiving the subscriptions to the fund. The prisoner was never employed by that committee. I had power over the fund as the originator of it, for the benefit of myself and sisters. Her Majesty the Queen sub scribed (from the Royal Bounty Fund through Lord Palmerston) to the National Fund, which I com menced. My character has suffered through my connexion with this man, and I wish to explain how I became acquainted with him. I engaged him as collector, but he violated every instruction. Mr. Humphreys said Mr. Cort's character was perfectly free from imputation. Mr. G. Norgate Hooper, coach-maker, of 38, Hay market, said—The prisoner called on me en the 29th of November, 1856, and represented himself as the authorised collector for the " Cort Testimonial Fund," and in consequence of such representation I gave him two guineas. He produced ,a list of names of first-rate gentlemen, and on recognising one I knew I became satisfied the application was genuine. Mr. Humphreys here applied for a remand as he had only been instructed at the eleventh hour, and having received communications from Bath, Chester Derby, Reading, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffiel. Wolverhampton, and from almost all parts of the country relative to the prisoner and his testimonial presentations, which he had not had time to inves tigate, he was not prepared to proceed further with the case at present. The prisoner was accordingly remanded till Friday next. LAMBETH. —THE DOCTOR WATTERS' GANG— FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITMENT OF THE PRISONERS.— John Nichol Watters, alias Dr. Watters, alias Doctor Locock, and Claude Edwards were placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, for final examination, on a charge of conspiring, with others not in custody, in defraud ing a number of persons, under the pretence of curing them of deafness and other infirmities under which they . laboured. Mr: Lewis, jun., attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Neale appeared for the prisoner Watters. Mr. Lewis said that from the inquiries that had been instituted it had been ascertained that the pri soner Waters had, as far back as about the year 1833, pleaded guilty to a charge of arson, and was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment; and sub sequent to that had been tried, convicted, and sen tenced to three years' imprisonment for personating other perions at Surgeons'-hall. His worship would be also told by a witness whom he should call, that the prisoner had a second fire of a very suspicious character, but no prosecution took place. Mr. Norton—Have you learned anything of the character of the prisoner Edwards Mr. Lewis—Well, sir, his story is, that he had been brought up as a chemist, but had, unfortu nately for himself, fallen in with the prisoner Watters and the Bennetts, and I do•not think I can better illustrate his character since that period than by reading over the _published transcript of the notes taken by a short-hand writer on a trial at the Old Bailey, in April last. Mr. Norton—What case was that ? Mr. Lewis—The trial of an indictment preferred by Stowell, the informer, against a Mr. Haynes and others, for conspiring with the Bennetts to obtain money, and which indictment had been preferred without any previous inquiry. On that trial the prisoner Edwards was called as a witness and said: —" I live at 28, North-street, Limehouse. I was in the employment of Messrs. Bennett Brothers, of 32, Spring-gardens. They carried on the business of chemists. I know the defendant Haynes. I have seen him frequently at 32, Spring-gardens. I was assistant to compound the medicine, and gave it to the patients. I know the composition of the me dicine perfectly well. There were five composi tions—ear drops, embrocation, injection, fumiga tion, and tincture. This bottle contains the em- brocation, and this the injection. This is urine ; they are all the same, differently coloured. The fumigation has no oil in it, the others have oil. This one is train oil, what they call cabbage oil, and urine. This red mixture is a solution of cochineal , and urine, the urine extracts the colour from the cochineal. This one is drops for the ear. Two or three of these went together, and they were charged from ls. to £2, £3, and £4, it depended on the pa tients. We had a great many patients, I should think 20 or 30 a-day. I kept the books and made entries. I have not the books with me. The profit was at least £2,000 for each of the two brothers Bennett." Your worship has in this testimony a tolerable specimen of the prisoner Edwards, who, according to his own account, had been in the habit of making up such abominable filth, and disposing of it to his afflicted but unfortunate dupes. Ishall now call before you a witness or two, who will con. nett the prisoners more particulrrly with the Spring Gardens establishment, and a medical gentleman to speak to the character of the medicine supplied, and its probable effects on the patients, and having done this I shall call upon your worship to commit the prisoners to take their trial on the charge of conspiring together to obtain money from the dif- ferent witnesses by gross fraud. - The first witness called was Mr. Joshua Woolrich, of 14, South-street, Gros venor-square, who deposed, that in consequence of an advertisement which he had seen in one of the morning papers he called at No. 32, Spring-gardens, and there observed a plate with -the words " British and Foreigd Infirmary for the Cure of the Diseases of the Ear and Eye," onthe door, and also the name of " Dr. Watters." He was shown into a room by a ivery servant and saw the prisoner Edwards, whom he addressed, saying he came for the cure of deaf ness, and asked for Dr. Watters. Edwards replied that he was Dr. Watters, commenced examining his ears, and said he was quite confident he could cure him in a fortnight for £2 2s. or £2 35., that it was mere nervousness, and that the remedies were to be applied to the ear. He then left the room for a short time, and Came back with 'a large and a small bottle, said he was to use the large one with a syringe to his ears, and the small one was to rub outside the ears. e said the charge was £2 ss. 6d., and he (witness) paid it. He used the "stuff" as directed, but said that instead of doing him any good it made him ill, and in consequence he went the following week, when he again saw Edwards, whom he told he had received no benefit, but suf fered great pain by the use of the medicine he gave him. He (Edwards) said the case was worse than he at first thought it to be, and he required a fur ther sum of £2 10s. for a vapour bath, which would cure him, and produced the lamp and tube he here produced. The witness here exhibited a small in strument, which stood about five inches high, which resembled a small lamp with a small tube on the top like a blow-pipe, and its appearance created much laughter. The prisoner, he said, on giving him this instrument, told him he was to purchase some tincture of myrrh, soak it in some wool; burn it in the lamp, and while it was so burning to place the end of the tube into his ear, so that the vapour might pass in. He paid him the £2 10s., and re ceived the receipt produced from Edwards in his own handwriting, but which he signed " Sm. W. Watters." The witness used the vapour bath, and in doing so suffered excruciating pain in the head, and after applying it for seven or eght times be came so ill that he was obliged to keep his bed. On the following week he went again to Spring gardens, and saw a young man, who said he was the brother of Dr. Watters, that Dr. Watters was not at home, and that he (witness) was to keep on the same remedies until the following week. He did so, and on the following week called again, when he saw the prisoner Watters, who repre sented himself to be merely a friend of the doctor's, and always attended his patients in his absence. Witness told him he had been under his treatment for three weeks, and received nc benefit ; but, on the contrary, had suffered great pain. The pri soner replied, "He had no doubt he should cure him in a short time ; that he did not think he (witness) had been treated properly by Dr. Wat ters, but that he should attend to him himself, and had no doubt of effecting a cure." The prisoner further said, he (witness) required some more medi cine, left the room, and he saw no more of him. The young man he (witness) at first saw, came into the room with a bottle of medicine, for which he demanded 17s. 6d., but witness told him he could not pay it. The young man said he could not have it without paying something on account, and he half-a-crown, promising to give him the remainder when he next came. He subsequently summoned the party to the Westminster County Court to re cover his money, as the stuff he received was not of the least use to him, but they never appeared to the summons, and he lost his money. In cross-examination he (witness) acknowledged that he had never given any money to the prisoner Watters. The Chief Clerk here read over the testimony given on a former examination by Mr. E. D. Rogers, the medical analyist, respecting the medicine, or rather that which they called medicine, suppliedby the prisoners to their unfortunate patients. That gentleman said—" The three bottles produced were delivered to me in a parcel, sealed up. I have exa mined the lead-coloured liquid in one of the small bottles. It contains a small quantity of sulphate of zinc and a quantity of compound spirit of lavender, and a little iron deposit, as if some iron oxide had been put in. The medicine is not of the slightest use in deafness, neither the ingredients nor the propor tions. The large bottle contains a small quantity of the sulphate of lead, deposited, and zinc in solution, no doubt the result of a mixture of sulphate of zinc and acetate of lead mixed with water ; and it is not at all useful in curing deafness. The small bottle contains either rancid olive oil or rape oil, and a little oil of elder, with a little soap, appa rently made by the addition of an alkali. That medicine would not cure deafness. I should not like to put it into my ear, it would irritate it." Mr. Samuel Evans Smith, surgeon to the Na tional Ear Institution, in Pall-mall East, said—l have heard a description of the contents of the bottles that were produced, and, with the ex ception of the soap, not one of the articles men• tioned would be of any service in the case of deafness. Most of the articles mentioned would be injurious, and in some cases highly dangerous, and what I would not use myself on any condition. Acetate of lead, if used by a person, the membrane of whose ear was perforated, might prove highly dangerous, and it might go so far as to be fatal. Further evidence was given of the fact of the prisoner assuming the name of Dr. Locock, after which both were fully , committed for trial, and Mr. Norton refused to give any order respecting the .Eg or £7 found on them when taken into custody. At the termination of the case Mr. Norton com plimented Mr. Jones, the prosecutor, for his per severing conduct in bringing the prisoners to justice, and told him the public were very much indebted to him for breaking up such gross im postors. WOOLWICH.—ABDU CTION AND PERJURY. — Thomas Bailey, aged 30, a labourer, employed at Woolwich Arsenal, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Traill, on remanded charges of abducting and decoying from her home Ann Green, aged 15 years, and committing perjury by making a false declara tion, in order to obtain a marriage certificate. The father of the girl, Samuel Green, a ship wright employed at the Dockyard, and residing at 19, Joseph-street, Woolwich, deposed—the *prisoner had lodged at his house for 14 months, and during that period he had never observed any familiarity between the prisoner and his daughter ; but on the 9th instant he had heard that they, had been married at the Roman Catholic church. On ascer tainink this fact he ejected . the prisoner from his house, but his daughter remained.H e had not authorised the marriage , a nd knew nothing of it until informed by his neighbours. The Rev. Charles Morgan, Roman Catholic chaplain to the forces at Woolwich, deposed that, on the 26th of May last, Thomas Bailey and Ann Green were by him married, at the Roman Catho ' lie church, Woolwich, in the presence of the regis trar, and in accordance with, the rites of the Roman Catholic religion. A legal certificate was produced, in which Ann Green was described as being 17 years of age. Mr. Traill—But did it not strike you, from the appearance of the girl, that she was fad too young to contract inatrimoniat tics? I should certainly have Had that thought. Witness replied —He did not pay particular at tention to the parties, hut relied on the registrar's certificate? which descfird thi female as 17 years : of age. Mr. W. Jackson, registrar for Wodlit ich district, proved being present at the marriage, and Mr. saw, superintending registrar, produced the dem- ment, which set forth that the consent of her parents had been given for the marriage of Ann Green, a minor, aged 17, to Thomas Bailey. The prisoner now stated that he believed the girl to be 17 years of age. He should reserve his defence. Mr. Traill said he should commit the prisoner for trial on the two cliar4es of abduction and per jury. The law plovided that in the case of the marriage of a minor, a declaration should be made that the consent of the parents or guardians had been given, and' any person making a false declara tion was guilty of perjury., The prisoner was then committed. _FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Rear-Admiral George Rodney Mundy, and Captain Edmund Gardiner Fishbourne, R.N., to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; and of David James Simpson, Esq., one of the Pay masters-in-Chief of the Royal Navy ; William David Jeans, Esq., Paymaster in the Royal Navy; and John Edye, Esq., late Assistant-Surveyor of the Na v y , to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of Sutherland to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Manchester, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Robert, Viscount Sydney, to be Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the room of George John, Earl De la Warr resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Valentine Augustus Browne, commonly called Viscount Castlerosse, to be Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Hon. Orlando George Charles Bridgentan, commonly, called Viscount Newport resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint, to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, James, Earl of Caithness, in the room of James Walter, Earl of Verulam, resigned. George, Viscount Torrington, in the room of George A. Frederick Charles, Earl of Sheffield, resigned. Thomas, Lord Camoys, in the room of William Henry, Viscount Strathallan, resigned. George, Lord Rivers, in the room of Henry Francis, Lord Polwarth, resigned. George, Lord de Tabley, in the room of Edward, Lord Crofton, resigned. , • Richard, Lord Cremome, in the room of Lord Bate man, resigned. Frederic Henry, Paul, Lord Methuen, in the room of Richard Henry Fitzßoy, Lord Raglan, resigned. WHITEHALL, JUNE 24. The Queen haS been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, K.G. ; the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone ; Edward Hugessen Knatchbull Hugessen, Esq. ; Sir Wil liam Dunbar, Bart. ; and John Bagwell, Esq. ; to be Com missioners for executing: , the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great. Seal, granting to the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone the offices of Chan cellor, and Under-Treasurer, of her Majesty's Exchequer. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing George Wil liam Frederick, Marquess of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse to her Majesty. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters paten to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and place of Advocate-General, or Judge-Marshal, of her Ma jesty's Forces, to the Right Hon. Thomas Emerson Head lam. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson to be Poor Law Commis sioner for England. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Robert Lowe to be Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education. The Queen has also been pleased to grant the office of her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland to James Moncreiff, Esq., Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, June 22, 1859, her Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the cus tody of the Seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster to the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.8., the oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was this day, by her Majesty's command, administered to him accordingly. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, JUNE 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right lion. John George Brabazo ,n Earl of Bessborough, to be Master of her Majesty's Buckhounds, in the room of the Right Hon. John William, Earl of Sandwich, resigned. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE, 1859. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Allen Johnson, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island ; William 'Thomas Mercer, Esq., to be a member of the Executive. Council of, Hong Kong; John Lambrick Vivian, Esq., to 'be Superintendent of Po lice for the Island of St. Christopher; and the Rev. J. H. Pemberton to be a member of the Council of the Island of Nevis. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Hamer Gideon as Consul at St. Helena for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. A. Marion as Vice-Consul at Bathurst for his Majesty the King of the Belgians., WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 24. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Taylor Marshall to be Instructor of Musketry. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Arthnr Hare Vincent to be Instructor of Musketry. Royal Artillery—Paymaster Wm. Archibald Kidd, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be Paymaster ; Quartermaster James Scott, from Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster; John Baylis Thompson, Esq., to be Paymaster; Assist ant-Surgeon Herbert Chalmers Miles, from the 83d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Morris, cashiered. Military Train—Cornet George Ramsey, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Ensign, vice Bleazby, who reverts to the half-pay of his former rank of Lieutenant in that Corps. Grenadier Regiment of Guards—Ensign and Lieut. Lewis Guy Phillips to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Wm. Francis Forbes, who retires; En sign Leopold Richard Seymour, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phillips. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Henry Charles Fletcher to be Captain and Lieutenant-Celonel, by purchase, vice Astley, who retires; Ensign and Lieu tenant Charles Shelley to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Fletcher; Ensign the • Hon. Henry Thomas Fraser, from the 42d Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shelley; Lieutenant and Captain Raymond Herbert White to be Adjutant, vice Fletcher, promoted. 7th Foot—Herbert Henry Rice, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kempson, promoted. Bth Foot—Lieutenant John Evans Freke Aylmer to be Instructor of Musketry. 10th Foot—Ensign Hargood Thomas Snooks to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Hunter, whoretires • Gentlem an Cadet Henry E. Poole, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Power, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Henry P. Bluett, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice R. S. Riddell, appointed to the 70th Foot. 17th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry E. Sharpe, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Keir, who resigns ; Gentleman Cadet Charles W. B. Aylmer, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Wrench, promoted. 20th Foot—Ensign Harry Russell Bowlby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foster-Melliar, whose promotion, by purchase, on 26th Nov.,, 1858, has been cancelled ; Gen tleman Cadet 'Baldwin K. Whiteford, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Unwin, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Champion Jones, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice James, promoted. 21st Foot—Gentleman Cadet John T. Coke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, in suc cession to Lieut. Cairnes, promoted. 24th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John L. Bland, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Farquharson. 29th Foot—Captain Richard Edwyn Barry, from the 67th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stehelin, who exchanes. Royal Military College, to be En si g n, without pure 39th Foot—Gentleman C a det Richard L. Leir, tromhatshee, vice Calcraft, deceased. 4241 str F u w et Foot—Lieutenant oLfiei\uitielnsla,enttr;A:illiaza Thomas Fraser to be In anbury, 45th India Foot—Lieutenant Regiment, ob James am Lieutenant,e s Frank 1 i nv Arthur"f9r o s m m t i t h i 2d wh W o e e x s - t be Assis n t-Surgeon, vice M. 8., from om As t s h is e tan s t ta -S ff u , Assistant -Surgeon on. J_amffe.s. ta Cunningham, promoted en the Sta , A gustus Windsor, from the 48th Foot—Ensign 74th Foot, to be EnEsdigwni,- 54:h Foot—Lieutenant Georo Gent., to be voicetle4lwarsler fr , o p m ro B m 6 o th ted F . o(;t, to Cox, promoted. 57 b th e iioeout_tenHant,ennt,riviiivceeso;n, rlce,eN„.bvheveeersxchßanartgeosn., 63d Ensign , Foot __ b li e r u i e c u att e Benjamin Hayes Nolmes, from half Lieutenant, vice Alfred Gre , ro purchase ; :attached Company,without yp to be Lieutenant by abn, pEmanoyteei3gndetthocaFhnoaroutles , Henry Km. vice _ Holmes, who retires. 64PthurFchssoot--e' Gentleman Cadet Arthur B. Alston, from tho Roya l milit a ry College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Davies, promoted. 66th Foot —Surgeon William Siin Murray, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Hanley, appointed to the Staff. 67th Foot —Captain William Francis Stehelin, from the 29th Foot, to be Captain, vice Barry, who exchanges. 69th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas L. Ines, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice St. George, promoted. 70th Foot—Gentleman C a d e t William J. F. Feneran, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Hill, promoted. 74th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles H. Dougherty, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Windsor, appointed to the 48th Foot. 83d Foot—Assistant-Surgeoni Edward O'Connell, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Miles, appointed to the Royal Artillery. 86th Foot—Lieut. William Ker Gray, from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fowler, who exchanges. 87th Foot—Ensign Richard Thtockmorton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Sackville George Lane Fox, who retires. 88th Foot—Ensign Patrick Dwyer to be Instructor of Musketry. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Dawson Barwell to be In. structor of Musketry. 91st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. McLean Marshall, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice O'Nial, pro moted on the Staff. 96th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Hen withoutniker, from the Royal Military Colleqe, to be Ensign, pur chase, vice Clayton, appointed to the 84th Foot. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Arthur G. Smith, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Franklin, who exchanges. UNATTACHED. • Captain Heairy Prim Hutton, 31st Foot, having been ap pointed a Major in the late Land Transport Corps, by General Orders, in the Crimea, pending her Majesty's pleasure, to be Major, without purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Dudley Hanley, M.D., from the 66th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Murray, appointed to the 66th. Foot. Assistant-Surgeon , John O'Nial, from the 91st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Halahan; deceased. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Henry Frederick Meadows has been permitted to resign his appointment. BREVET. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Martin Bladen Neill,, upon half-pay 40th Foot,. having on 9th October, 1858, completed three years' service as Deputy Adjutant•eneral, in Australia, to be Colonel in the Army. • Brevet-Major William Knox Orme, 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. The promotion of Captain Gallwey, of the Royal Engi neers, ID the Brevet Rank of Major, to • bear date 14th May, 1859, and not 14th May, 1855, as erroneously stated in the ".Gazette" of 31st ultimo. ' • - • COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. East Suffolk Artillery Regiment of Militia—Frederick Barlow, Esq., late Captain Suffolk Artillery, to be Pay master. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. • Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia —Charles Ebenezer Treffry, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Mager, appointed to the 12th Foot. County of Lincoln—Major the Hon. William John Monson, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant. County of Worcester—John Slaney Pakington, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Elmley to be Deputy Lieutenant. MEMOIUNDUM.—Worcester Militia—Her Majesty has been graciously pleaseed to accept the resignation of Major Edward Winnington. County of Surrey—Lee Steere, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu- • tenant. North Riding of the County of York—Thomas Meynell, ' Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. County of Norfolk—The Marquis of Lothian to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Earl of Albemarle to be D ra t ty Lieutenant; ; William Pestle, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute ty nant. Norfolk Militia ArtMery—Frederick Henry Brice to be Second Lieutenant. , 2nd Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Ensign Edward Jo hn Clifford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Tait, resigned ; En sign William Henry Bower, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Davidson, resigned; William Lefroy, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Clifford, promoted. Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Rifle Regi ment of Militia—NN illiam Douglass Brodie Ketchen, Gent., to be Ensign. Regiment of Stirlingshire, &c., Militia, Highland Bor derers' Light Infantry—Ensign Francis Pringle, to be Lieutenant, vice John Henderson, promoted. 2nd Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia --Ensign Denn Hannagan to be Lieutenant, vice R. Warren, resigned ; Frederick John Owen, Gent., to be Ensign, vice G. W. Barnes, resigned. MEMORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been pleased to ace•Pt the 'resignations of Ensigns Thomas Baskett Turner and Rieb.ard Henry Salkeld, of the same Regiment. BANKRUPTR. George Smedley, glass and china dealer,, New. ?"""'" Lincolnshire, to surrender, July 12,. and Aug. 2, ,at past eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Samuel Treacher, licensed victualler Fcnchuich -street, City, July 7, at two, and Aug , 4 , at lillf-past one, at ths Court of Bankruptcy. .. John Clarke, liing's,Lyrm, victuSiler, July 8 d.Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of BankruTtey- James Elliman, draper, Slough, July 6, "ak half-Past one, and Aug, 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry John Payne coal dealer, , Exmouth, July 4th and 25th, at twelve, a t District Court of Bankruptcy. James Holdsworth, timber . merchant, Wolverhampton, July 8, and 29, at eleven, ,at the Birmingham . District Court. George Wood, builder, Rayiegh Essex, July , 1.3, at one, and Aug. 16, at twelve, at the Court of BankruptcY• • • Edward Peters, Bilston, w ine and spirit mer chant, Jul y 8 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Robert Davies, innkeeper, Mochdre, Denbighshire, July 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Liver Pool District Court. Bernard Parry, farmer, Newmarket, July 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. - '• ' Joseph Allison, cattle-dealer, Stockton-upon-Tees, July 4 and Aug. 10, at twelve, at th e Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. . - - SCOTCH BANKRUPTS., •;,'; Thomas Dorin, spirit dealer, Glasgow. • James Hastings, warehouseman, Glasgow' Alexander Bell, dealer in cloth, Hamilt on, John Taylor, builder, Edinburgh. Lanark BANK -OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wedne,sday, the 22d day of June, 1859 :-- ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £.31,898,305 Ot Go her Securivernment ties Debt £1 3 1,,4059,90015,100 .. Gold Coin &B,ullion 17,423,305 Silver Bullion ... • -' X 31,898,3051 BANKING 1) Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 9,304,6 19 Other Deposits 14,019,013 Seven Day and other Bills ..... . 744,742 £41,792,4 40 Bi. Dated June 23, 1859. 131,898,3 05 EPARTIONT. Government Seen- • - rities (including Dead Weightkn ' - nuity) X11.281, 376 Oth Securities 18,376,275 Notes er .. ... . .. 11,447,68 0 Gold and * Sliver Coin ..... 687,109 441,792,4 40 .RSHALL, Chief . Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cora. puted from Returns made in the week ending the 21st day of June, 1859 ? exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payablethereont on the importation thereof into Groat Britain : Per cwt. . From the British possessions in America .. 2 6 s 4 1d Muscovado, the produce o f the Mauritius .. 26s 6d Muscovado,. the produce of the East Indies.. 26 30 s 1:41d Average price of . e the foregoing ...... COUNTRY Ijf4RIEETS.. • LIVERPOOL--JuNB 24. This morning we had only a small attendance at Our corn exchange. The business passing was limited for wheat ; holders, however, were very firm, Flour was more readily saleable at previous rates. Indian corn a moderete business, and may be quoted about ld _per cental dearer. Oats steady, and oatmeal a dull sale. BaPtian beans the turn dearer. Peas and barley without alteration. ..----- WAKEFIELD—JuNs 24. The weather during the week has been fine, and the ar rivals large, but the quantity offering is moderate. Wheat was rather firmer, and sales were made at is advance and in some cases 2s. .English beans were rather better in price. Other articles unaltered. Averages for the weeks W h ea t 1,168 qrs., at 48s iNd 478 MI Beans ,2 s Od 8ar1ey......... ~ . Peas •• •• ~ ........2 Od - O a t s 67 ~. ....... 5d Rye — ~ . ....... —s Od TUNE 24. dull to-day at the following EXETE The busindss was extremel' prices : Wheat, white.. 5s 6d to 58 9d I Barley. ..... • . 4*Odtp 4s 64 la rs e , r d l o b ... .. . 6d to Od Ditto red ...... 5s 3d to 5s 6d I Oats ..... .. 3a 04 to 3s 6d .... 5d to 54 Flour, fine, 33s to 345; seconds, 31s to 32e per sack. CATTLE—The market was largely supplied with stock. A moderate attendance of farmers. Pork carcases in fair supply. Fpaotrkbecearcf,passceosr, de,097880641t0t0180:03dd Ewes,lireth Lambs, per lb. .... Rough 7d Fat calves, do ...,sid to Cid fat, 44d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR-JUNE 24. has. eis b a e l e s n o e stablished exeu t i e al m l an d e ct - The market has p een vey brisk this week, and a , gene .. cwt d at improved rates. R u m is rather more inquired for. r s c a r a p d ti v o a n n s c . e Rofethalserpse,r COAL MARK (prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Ituddle's West Hartleyls 3 Sharlaston Main 15 0 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 9 Tanfield Moor 13 9 Tanfield Moor Butes —l3 9 Ward's West Hartley l4 3 Howard's West Hart- ley 15 3 Whitridge Hartley 15 0 Holywell l6 0' Wylam 17 0 .ET--JUNE 24. • the close of the market.) Walla, End. Walls End. Kelloe l7 0 Haswell . ....18 0. Hetton. lB 0 Hetton Lyons Main 15 6 South Kelloe l7 0 South Durham.. l5 6 South Hetton 17 9 Benson.... l5 0 Keiper Grange 16 9 16 0 : West Hetton ..15 6 Hartlepool..... 17 6 Braddyll's Hetton 16 6 Powelr s Duffryn Steam 21 0 4, 62—Sold, 47. Russell's llaton 16 6 Ships at marks BIRTHS. AGNEW.—On the 21st inst., at Bolton-street, the Lady Louisa Agnew, of a son. DEVONSIIIII.E.—On the 23d inst., at 12, Albert-road, Re gent's-park, Mrs. T. H. Devonshire, of a son. MAPPIN.—On the 21st inst., at Endcliffe Sheffield, the wife of Mr. J. C. Mappin, of a' on. TURNER.—On. the 23d inst. , a t Streatham-hill, Mme, H. Turner, of a son. MARRIAGES. HOARE—WILSON.—On the 23d inst., at Lea Church, near Ross, Herefordshire, the Very Rev. Edward • Newnham Hoare, Dean of Waterford; to Harriet, widely bf the Hon. and Rev. Robert Wilson, late Rector of Ashwel thorpe, Norfolk. MACFARLATIE—WAVELL.On the 22d inst., at Bonn-on the-Rhine, William Macfarlane, Esq., of Notting-hill, to Emily Caroline,the third daughter of Majoi-General Wave'', K.F., F.E„ S. DEATHS. Boonr.-2-on. the 21st inst., at.Findon, Sussex, the Rev. Geo. Booth, M.A., of Magdalen College, Oxford, and vicar of Findon, aged 67. COLES.—On the 23d inst., at 3, Spring-street, Sussex-gar dens, Thomas Coles, aged 60. DE MANLEY.—On the 15th inst, at Florence, General Count George De Manley. GROVE.—On the 24th inst., in London, Major W. Chafyn Grove, of Zeals House, Wilts, aged 72. HAYNES.—On the 22d inst., George Haynes, Esq., of the Hampstead-road, and 11, Fitzroy-square, aged 63 JENKINS.—On the 22d inst., at 17, Queen's-gardens, Hyde park, Edward Jenkins, Esq., Bengal C.S., aged 36. Wooos.—On the 22d inst., at 21, Hyde-park-gardens, Caroline, infant daughter'of Henry Woods, Esq., M.P., aged nearly two years. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, June 25, 1859. ''