The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

la g UP strong earthworks to meet the possibility of an Attack from the Calpee fugitives, or any other body of rebeli now in the field. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Presse this evening, in alluding to the ap- Pointment of M. Delangle as Minider of the In terior, oxpreeses its warm approval of the selection journal opinion which is the more va l ua ble from the Journal in question being an Opposition organ. The Presse also sills attention to the fact, that 'whereas M. Espinasse was Minister of the Inte rifir and " Public Safety," M. Delangle is only de,ignated as Ministre de l'lnterieur. The infer ence, therefore, is, that public safety will once More be transferred to the keeping of the Prefect of Police. The same paper states that several witnesses have been subpcened to give evidence in the True love and Tcheiz3wski trial for libel against his Ma jesty Napoleon 111. The Pays publishes an article this evening with a view to show how unfounded is the alarm caused abroad by what is considered as " extraordinary Warlike preparations on the part of France." M. de Royer, Minister of Justice, has been charged ad interim with the Ministry of State during the absence of M. Fould. Last week's rains have benefited the corps, and seut down pries. The weather this week, how ever, is likely to do away with that favourable !fleet, if it is in the country anything like what it Is in Pars ; the glass marks 89 in the shade ; at two o'clock it stood in the shade at 101 ! , • BOURSE, June 15.—The opening of the mar ket was buoyant, the appointment of M. Delangle as Minister of the Interior having been favour ably t'eceived. The advance was afterwards checked by r ealisations. The following were the closing quo tations :- 4 i Per Cents 94 - - Do. end month 94 3 Per Cent. . 68 30 .... 13 0. end month 6B 25 ll anir Shares .redit. Mobilier " 0 . Account 622 75 Credit Foncier Belgian 4: Piedmontese (5) Roman Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt -FOR CASH. RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 760 Lyon and Mediteran 765 New Ditto — Geneva Midi Western' 592,! Strasburg Grand Central ...... Sardinian Austrian According to a Greek paper, the Sun, the insur gents in Crete are 5,000 strong, and they are likely to receive further reinforcements. Vely Pacha is described by the same authority—a very bad one, It should be said—to have altogether failed in his attempt to quench the insurrection. THE USE OF THE RIFLE IN THE ENGLISH ARMY. In several of the lectures lately delivered at the United Service Institution, important questions were raised respecting the construction of rifled L barrels and bullets, and the Council of the Institu tion, considering that advantage might accrue to 4e services from a discussion in which all those gentlemen who have been engaged in experiments with firearms might be invited to take part, re quested Colonel Lane Fox to commence the dis cussion by giving an account of the history of the le, and its introduction into the English army. - "lbColonel Fox consented to do, and on Monday "erring read to the Institution a highly interesting and instructive paper upon the subject, consisting !efly of extracts from a private journal kept by :ne gallant colonel during the period in which he 4111 8 been engaged at Woolwich, Enfield, Hythe, and Malts, from 1851 to 1857. It is not our pre lent purpose to enter into the various practical itleStions so ably discussed by him, embracing baany which have been elaborately treated in the scientific journals of late years ; we shall content ourselves with some few of his observations which throw much light upon the several modern systems of rifled small arms. Mr. Whitworth's system may be said to consist in an alteration in the number and shape of the grooves. Instead of three shallow grooves, with rounded edges, he employs six shallow angular grooves, so shaped as to form the bore into a hexa gon. Mr. Lancaster's system may be said tobe an e Xtension of the principle of broad shallow grooves, and may be described as having two opposite grooves, so broadened and extended as to run into another, and form the bore into the shape of an culpsis. Mr. Lancaster's rifle has the very great advantage over all others, of having no angles to accurnlate dirt and fouling, and it is, therefore, much more easily kept clean. The great superiority o f his rifles, in this respect, has been brought to !ay notice, by having under my superintendence for instruction, at Malta, two companies of the Royal Engineers which were armed with it. The Qonviction of the gallant colonel is that throughout the entire service, and especially at places where soldiers are encamped near the sea, the angles of the grooves of our Enfield rifles are in a state of rust, which will show itself before long by a great diminution of accuracy. In the garrison of Malta, Which consisted entirely of regiments from the Crimea, the accuracy of the aim was found ° be in an inverse proportion to the time hhad been in use, and in those regiments which , ey d bad their rifles longest, a large proportion were found to be entirely past repair, and were ex changed for new ones. Although it is true that the wear and tear which they received in the Crimea is atota fair criterion of that which they would ex- Perience under ordinary circumstances, still, it is evident that the subject is worth serious attention, *8 the ordinary examination of the head of the riknirod on parade is insufficient to detect rust in those parts of the grooves which may escape the Sweep of the cleaning rag. The reports from the khool of Musketry were explicit in stating that, but for the defect of stripping, the Lancaster musket Was superior to the others, both as regards accuracy and facility of loading. It was, however, supposed to? require that the cartridge should fit the barrel tighter in other systems of rifling, owing to the shallowness of the groove s ; or, to speak more Properly, to the slightness of the difference between the long and the short diameters of the ellipsis, and this, it was considered, would render it Unserviceable in the field, where ammunition is often dirty and defective. It has been proved on the contrary by the practice of two e.,,t panies of Royal Engineers at Malt i, where the * unition aa very inferior, and often almost unserviceable "om the adherence of dirt to the pease of the ea rtridge, that even with this defective ammuni tion the Lancaster musket is superior to all others in the facility with which it is loaded after much 6 rlng. Upwards of 200 rounds were fired out of some of these rifles without producing any deterio ration, but on the contrary, an increase of accuracy V, s perceivable. Although the bullet used was the Pritchett bullet, which is supposed by some to teceive au insufficient expansion, no stripping Worthy of mention occurred during the whole Practice ; and the average and final classification of both companies exceeded the highest previously attained with the English at the School of Mus a_eiry, even with non-commissioned officers training tor the Corps of Instructors. It is therefore evident that the defect of stripping had by some means been remedied, and in his report Colonel Pox stated that the practice proved the Lancaster Musket not only "not inferior," but, if anything, " • superior weapon to the Enfield rifle." NEW CHUM AT STOKE NEWINGTON. We are informed that a new and very handsome church is about to be consecrated at Stoke Newington, 'which is intended to take the place of the present small sad inconvenient parish church. The new builling re flects the greatest possible credit on the taste of the i zehitec+, Mr. G. G. Scott, as also on the workmanship of the builaer, Mr., G. Myers, and of the decorative atleptor, Mr. Farmer, whose ornamentation of the capitals, corbels, dm, of the interior is vary chaste and beautiful. It will be also a standing monument of the i ndefatigable zeal of the rector and of the liberality Ind public spirit of the inhabitant, by whose exertions 11 bus been raised within the last three years. The r apidly-increasing growth and importance of the neigh bourhood has rendered such a work a great desideratum. The consecration is appointed to take place on the 25th " Much suffLring" says the Bombay Gaulle, " has already been entailed on our men from the great power 4) ..f the sun. W e see with r egre t th a t Mr. William /taisell, the Times correspondent, was struck in tnis way at the attitk of the Rirtil'y cantonments, and t quires much care and attention before be can re ever." The amended Bill in rt lation to the crossing of bank• era' checks has been printed, and contains a new clause 4 :_ruPovt °ring any laaful bolder of an uncrossed check "", cro4s it with the specific name cf a banker, or to add such came to any check that inlay already have been Crossed, simply with the words " and Company." This items to meet every difficulty, and It is to be hoped the b anking interest will show deference to public opinion, and allow the bill to pass without attempting to obstruct t irapair it. I : 2O EATH oF TETE LORD JUSTICE CLERE.—We have to Make the painful and unexpected announcement of the death of Lord Justice Clerk Hope, which took place at late hour last night. His Icrdship, when finishing a ratter to a relative, about seven o'clock, was seized with 13,aralyttig, and never rani, d from the attack, expiring '; o rrut ha'f-past e l even . Hi s l or d s hip was in his sixty °urth year. He passad for the bar in 1816, and was :tented to the presidency of the Second Division of "I Court of Session in 1844. Scotsman of yesterday. - ~r _~ THE SITN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, /S5B. IVIAR,KETS (This Day). RAILWAYS. RAILWAYA. Clneing rrioe yesterday Business done this day. 1G B 4 elf Eas ast 8 A. 4 simrtmobungr.:ottng. Bost. t : n wa . S:rkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Juliet Blackburn Wirth & Tyne origina £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol di Exeter__ Caledonian.-- ...... . Chester & Holy hes' Cork and Bandon iljloieatilyvini.eYe. tit n Cork, Black. & Pass. Cornwall Da, A Do. B DublindißelfastJune Dun. P, &Aber June East Anglian ' Eastern Counties.-- EasternUnion,A.stk. Do., do. ..... . Do. New A.....• .• East Kent ...... East Lancashire ..... East Suffolk Do. ... Edinburgh & Glasgow *Dnndg. Forth and ClydeJnne. Furness Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Stb. &West. (Ire). Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., nit ds ....... Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 too 100 100 all all Do. Do., £9 ..... Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Black wall Do. New, its. 5/. 10s. Lond•Bright&S.Cst. London & N. Weston. Do. Eighths London & S.Weat,:rn Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Litwin. Metropolitan Midland .• ••• Do. Birming. & Dori), Niidland 0. West. (Ir. Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.A Newry & Armagh dowry, Warrenpoint & Restrovor Norfolk.. ...... Northn. Counties Un North British . North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ... !WO an all 100 100 100 all all 100 3 i 100 100 !ioo 100 100 i ;100'' 100 :LOO 131.1 Do., A Stock Do., B Stock isT ias torn Berwick Do. do. G. N.E. Pu rch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n..... ... N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. Korth Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. dr S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.. Peebles Portsmouth Ithymney Scottish Central Scf.t. N.E.Abrdn. St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union ... Sitingbourne &Sheer. (South Dev0n.......... South Eastern South Wales Yorkah. RivtaDua I Do. Stainos,Wok.,&Wok.' Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18M Stockton 4 Hartlopl. Taff Vale... Do. Pref., No. I flames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Waterfd. & Kilk enny Waterford& pimeri ek West Col nwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London.. Do. First Class Do. Second Class 51 - GA 7 - 8i 68 - 70 - 10,; 26i - 88 - 90 82 - 824 34 - 36 44 - 5 ... ''''' ... 71 - 8 161 - 17A 1 61 - 62 1 46 - 48 31 - 33 14i -- 15, 89 --91 631 - 64, 26 - 28 ••• '''' .1 94 - 95 9i - 10 103 - 105 - 90 128 - 13( 103 - 105 50 -51 j 56 - 58 85 88 10 1 llip 10A 11* 901 pot 1 —d, a 6 - 64 107 - 109 91i - 92 1# - lk 93 - 94 38i 394 2 ld 92i —92 i 64 66 , 12 - 13 60 - 621 3A - 3 49i - 5011 91 91 2 1 o, 45i —46 f 95 98 1 54 5d 74 84 8 9 29 - 31 ... ... 7 4 d 102 26 28 81 83 44 46 1 2i— -35 36 68 69 79 81 13 15 7 5d 8 10 ?A A :: 100 •• 2i - 34 61 - 6i ••• ....... ••• 61, 1 53 1 I 91} 90i Si I 38i I 92} i i 46 i 711 i 50 25 12i St. 10 20 12,1 25 20 St. LINES LEASED AN FLXID rBENTALNIT RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices yostsr lay Basins; this day. 100 100 all 100 all 100 Backgliamsh. Clydesdale Jo Col.Stour Vy E.Lin. g. 6 p., E. Uu, H. Sh. Olas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. NQw, ...... !Glstr.&Dn.Fr. liall & Selby. Do. Share. Do. j Shares. Lon. &Oreenw Do.Preferenee Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Manch.llxton. and Matlock Mdld.Bra , lfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.diEst.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do.Fixedsp.c Prost. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A ! Roystn.& Hit. I ;Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh IWearVal.gfipe Do Wilts &Somrst Gt.Northn IF:. Count. ICaldonian. 99 - 101 101 - 103 13 - 15 138 - 140 4 - 5 ... '"" ... 100 all all all Do Gt. Westn Y. & N.M Do 109 - 111 all all 100 10 au Do. S.Eastorn Do Peto SzCo Do fa. &N. W . & MUM. Ifidland... 100 Si E. Count Do Do L. dirs. W Do Gt.Northu l T. Bragsey M. 1110181171 Stk.eiDar Do 13 - 14 24 - 25 98 - 100 2 97 4 - 9 j --- 13 Gt.West.n. 138 -140 1 8i- 91 - 10 32 - 33 1 90 - 92 1 1391 all 100 100 100 100 3i 100 IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. EDINBURGH ANNUITY TAX BILL. Mr. A. BLACK moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to remove an enormous grievance. and tr aheil contrary, sogtdtni establishment opui inabolish 1661 Enloi bn6ui itet6 nhde lbrha interests of the tage,:e t t svh a rhtoefo x e: bfd, btryttt the a b hi ttsesx a ehi htxcebpmwtye ministers,euoa,n Charles rai would tlh. people eiacporrooprlAfnyeofsfssemcrlecado.roant monarch," dlr o maanenrw, the Scot'and.cdehtah ir,e e str:s:iiiic, m naubagltt o ele ,he r i adnte a uo 0: 1 31 nip a , tttaairt calculated jd) d dee.: to yield about 1,C90/ , and in every subsequent act dow❑ to 1809 the amount to be collected was for six ministers. In 1809 a change took place, and the magistrates and ministers to ied to get the tax each for themselves. The former, however, were successful, and they bad to levy the tax and pay the six ministers their six per cent. The House bad heard a great deal said with reference to this tax having been exiAenee for 200 years, but he happened to be in business in 1810 in Edinburgh, when, to his surprise, and that of the inhabitants, they found the tax for the first time laid on the citizens. The tax 'taw raised solely and entirely on the occupiers of hou.es. Having shown the unhallowed heritage of the tax, he proposed to speak of its fruits in the shape of burthens. This tax was now double the amount of the present in come tax, and supposing a man to have an income of 3001. ho would pay 61. ss. per annum,when, if be lived in a house worth 501. a•year he had to pay double that amount. Toe tax was levied upon all tenants, and also upon charitable institutions. The tax produced about 10,6671, of which about 2,2871. were paid by the followers of the Church, and the balance, about 8,0001., by parties who had really no interest in that Church. Two-thirds of the in habitants of Edinburgh did not belong to the Church, and many believed it was contrary to the Gospel to pay this tax, and that in doing so they were doinsz something like compounding a felony. In one year 846 psrsons were prosecuted for not paying the tax. lie was unab'e to state how many had their goods soil ; but five were imprisoned for not paying the tax. He read the opinion of Dr. Arnott, of the High Court of Scotirn I, and semis others, who believed the tax was bad, and should Le abolished—that it was injurious to religion, but they objected to the Vex being removed unless a substitute to the full amount was provided. The church rates of England was a very small evil compared with the col lection of the tax in Scotland. The house had very properly passed a hill for the abolition of the church rates, and on a former session they abolished minister's money in Ireland. They were not bound to provide an equivalent for this tax. He proposed as a substitute this bill. [LEFT SPFAKING 1 From the London Gazette oz Last 1 ight. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 11. The Qneen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Rae, Esq., M.D., Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JU SE 11. The Queen has this day been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon James Prior, Deputy In spector of Hospitals and Fleets, Royal Navy. The Queen has this day bean pleased, on the nomination of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, to appoint John Robin Harris, Esq., late First Lieutenant Royal Guernsey Militia Artillery, to be one of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Philip Salomons, Esq., resigned. WHITEHALL, JuNi 14. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to he passed under the Groat Seal, appointing the Right Honourable Charles Philip Earl of Hardwick°, Richard Plantagenet Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple (commonly called Marquess of Chandos), the Right Honourable Ed ward Cardwell, Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin, Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinston, Bart., Captain John Shepherd, Royal Navy, bearing the rank of Coin modore, William Scbaw Lindsay, Esq., John Shepherd, Esq., Deputy Master of the Trinity House, and Richard Green, Esq., to be Her Majesty's Commissioners to en quire into the best means of Manning the Navy. WHITEHALL, JUNE 15, The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Andrew Gray to the new church of Dumfries, iu the pres bytery and county of Dumfries, vacant by the death of Doctor Thomas Duncan, late Minister thereof. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Angus Macintyre to the church and parish of Kildalton, in the presbytery of Kintyre and Illand of Islay, vacant by the death of the Reverend Archibald McTavish, late Minister thereof. rd ONEY MARKET AIID COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yes+erday manifeJted a heavy 'appearance, and prices of most descriptions were without alte ration. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and quotations were fully suppo►ted. The advices from Australia represent the import trade at Melbourne as being exceedingly inactive. Stocks were increasing, while consumption and emigration were being reduced. It is stated that the export of gold was still smaller than it was in the previous year, but an improvement is confi dently expected, especially as machinery is being extensively applied at the various gold mines. The vessels that are coming forward from the colony include the Indemnity, with 11,130 ozs. ; the Red Jacket, with 40,234 ozs. ; the Maidstone, with 20,682 ozs. ; the Norfolk, with 82,570 ozs. ; and the Royal Charter, with 93,733 czs. A large withdrawal of gold from the Bank of England, viz., 150,0001., took place yesterday. It was intended for the Continent, and as there is now an improved demand for silver further remit tances are expected. This movement, together with the increased demand for discount accommo dation, has rendered the present position of mone tary affairs rather has favourable, but as a consi- derable amount of specie is en route from Australia there is no reason to apprehend any serious falling off in the Bank's stock of bullion. The general enquiry for discount accommoda tion in Lombard Street, as well as at the Bank of England, is decidedly more active, and at the Scotch Exchange loans cannot now be obtained under 2 per cent. The result of the poll, in respect to the late meeting of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company was made known today, and was as fol. lows :—for original motion 1,622 votes ; for the amendment 15 ; being a majority :of 1,607 votes for the adoption of the report of the directors. There is a ♦ery heavy market for Public Securi ties, and the tendency is decidedly unfavourable. It is alleged that there is a large Bill account open, and the closing of engagements exerts an ad verse influence upon value. Some proba biilty exists of a few embarrassments among the speculators, the losses in several cases having been large. The general public still keep aloof, being unwilling to embark in any hazardous enterprise, notwithstanding the facilities afforded in the money market, and the low prices of several eligible investments. Consols have been 951 to 96, and 95/ The New Threes are 95i 96 ; theßeduced, 95k 96 ; Long Annuities (1885), 18 7-16 ; Exchequer Bills, 325. pm. for March and 16 to 21 pre. for June ; Ditto Bonds, 100 i ; and Bank Stock, 221. Foreign Securities are moderately active, and prices tend downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95i ; Sardinian 5 per Cents. 891 90 ; Peruvian 4t per Cents., 86i ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. 461 ; Dutch 2i per Cents. 66k ; ditto 4 per Cents. 100 ; Venezuela 4i per Cents. 37/1 ; Ditto Deferred 14f ; and Brazilian Scrip has been down to 1 discount. The transactions in the Railway Share Ma►ket have been exremely limited this moaning, and a slightly downward tendency has prevailed in one or two of the leading lines. Eastern Counties have declined ss. ; Great Western, and Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 103. ; and Caledonian, 15s; North-Eastern (York)improved ss. The foreign and colonial lines are inactive and at lower quota tions. Northern of France receded 10s. ; Paris and Lyons, ss. ; Southern of France, ss. East India improved ss. Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada were at previous values. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibited no change of importance. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OTT OM. (Prom the Oflic►al List:) 221 951 i 6 96i 51 6 Balls Stock 3 ~r r Cent. Reduced Anuultics NaW '{ per Cont. ',minim:A Long Annuities (Exp. sth Jan , 1860).... Ditto 3u Years, expire sth April, 1855... 18 7-16 CoLs.qs for Account ... 96 5i Fx b.aquer 13 lie, 2id March. June. El.OOO . 32 I 21 . 32 I 16 S call 32 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent.... D;tto, 0.59 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cont. Ditto 1858, 4i per Cent. 5crip.......... Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent lef Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 Sardinian Bowls, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account 9O Tarkh.ll Bonds, G per cent Vt2noznels Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Account .. Ditto Deferred, 2 per Cent. . l4a Hid Dividends onithe;sibove payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2,1 ) per Cent., 12 Guilders 661 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for account MARKET NEVVb.—(rtus Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that a very limited supply of English wheat was on sale here to-day, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and Monday's quotations were with difficulty supported. There was a large show of foreign wheat. Importers generally were sellers at further depressed rates, but scarcely any buyers were in the market. Prices therefore ruled nominal. Barley and malt were dull, at barely late rates. Oats, the supply of which was good, sold slowly, yet prices were well supported. Beans, peas, and flour were very dull, but we hav e no change to notice in their value. ARRIVALS THIS WREN. Wheat, I Barley. Malt. I 530 -- 660 Oats. I Flour 10 ( 450 English Irish Foreign 111,090 I 4,200 17.",..""0n 1 450 akm. 11930 brit WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat were limited, and the trade gener ally ruled heavy. Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s Od ; mutton, 33 21 to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 6d; pork, 38 Od to 0 Od per 81bs by the carcase. 20 20 10 St. St. St. St. St. 114 11.,1 St:' St, 12i St. : St. St. St_ 25 St. BOROUGH HOP. On the whole, the demand for most kinds of hops is steady, and prices are well supported. In Kent and Sussex the vine is progressing rapidly. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, June 16. —Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light breeze, and very fine. PORTSMOUTH, June 15.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived— Aden, from Belize. Sailed—Nilo, for Madras and Cal cutta ; Scorpion, Corfu ; H.M.S. Marlborough, Mediter ranean. COWES, June 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Johannes, from Callao. PLYMOUTH, June 15.—Wind S.—Arrived—Londdeum, from Havannah • H.M.S. Renown, Gibraltar; H.M.S. Racoon, ditto ; William Corey (as), Sierra Leone, and sailed for London. QUEENSTOWN, June 14.—Arrived—David Crow, from Bremen. HARTLEPO L, Jane 15.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Pros pero, for Rio Janeiro. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N. Arrived, June 14—L'Etoile, from Cherbourg; Atrato (a.), St. Thomas ; Courier (s.), Jersey ; Alliance (a.), Havre. Arrived, June 15—Danube, from Newport ; Nooson (a.), Gibraltar. Sailed, June 14—Despatch (a.), for Jersey; La Polio and Carolinida, Cherbourg; Havre (a.), Havre. Sailed, June 1 5—Harewood, for Plymouth; Lucille, Sunderland; Atalanta (a.), Jersey; Light and Sign, Sunderland. Wind N.W. LivznrooL, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, June 15—Libre Exchange, from Sierra Leone ; Alfred, Huelva ; Peaal, Rotterdam ; Jane Cochrane, Naples ; Natolia, Syria ; Margaret, Marseilles; Stefauino, Sicily ; Meg Merrilies, Nantes ; Truth, Rotterdam. Arrived, June 16th.-- Hodson, from Dunkirk. Sailed, June 14th.- -Balbec (s.s ), for Havre. Sailed, June 15th.—Clio, for Dordt ; Aglae, Sevi le. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind variable. Arrived—Sinopo, from Colombo ; Nordsternem, from Cuba. Sailed- Livingston, for Shanghai. CIVIL SERvICE ESTIMATES.-2,698,4091, Was the amount of the unexpended balances of former votes under the bead of "Civil Service Estimates," en the 31st of May last. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—In consequence of insufficiency of entries the schooner match of this club, appointed for Tuesday nuct, is postponed sine die. A young woman at Gibraltar recently destroyed her self by eating a, quanantity of lucifer matches. BRITISH P 1 Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Con.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. 20i 100 100 all all all 1100 1100 12:46d 20 20 20 20 SSESSIONS. ... ... it d i Pj Do. Additional A Buffalo dt Lake Hur Buff. , Brnt. dt God ch 6 p. c. Ws., I Aug..l2 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., I June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Undo (Lira.) Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. Dco.4i p.c.Bnds.,'sil Geelong tit Melbourne l guar. 5 per cent ' Gd . Trunk. of Canada) d 7 8 183 88 75 80 74 78 .. ... E - lH par IU4 1054 19/ 46 43 80 82 21 211 par ip 18 —18 A 2 all all all all Do. 6 p. c. Debeu 1 Gt. In. Pen, g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do, Bde., payable '57 Do, do : , '76, p. Do. do., '73, do. ...I I Do. do., '73, without] 107 - 110 107 - 110 1051 } option Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Es., do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar.. per c Do 106 -- 108 18 -- 19 201 -20 i Id Ad d tp d tp i - IPA FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam - 54 151 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia dr Francisco par 4P 5 all Belgian East. Janet 1 14 20 all Beziersto Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 21 21 20 15 Dut c h Rh en i s h 20 all Eastern of France 25 ••••• 251 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... ••• 20 all Great Luxembourg.— 71 7 4 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all L.-,co Const. & Bale .. ••• 20 all Lierro and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 31 4 47 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. •• 20 all Lyons and Geneva 231 241 33!. all Maria Antenla 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege ' 81 91 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2l 211 16 all Northern of France 37f 371 371 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pref 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 3Ol 304( 304 I 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 4B 50 20 9 Recife do San Fran , . (Pernam) g• 7 p. c d 1 20 11 Riga and Dunaburg. 11 8 1 10 all Rome and Frucati... ". 20 all Royal Danish •• ••• 5 all Royal Swedi s h .•• ••• 4 all Do. 7 p er cent. 1 20 all Sambr e an d Meuse 7 . 71 71 2 1 0 0 Z o u . t s h l ei r n r o c f e F n ra t. n p e r e ef : 184 20 9 1,194 20 81 all West Flanders......., 41 5 1 al 10 all Do. 51 per c. PM' 9 91 20 all W.&N.W. of Francs 23 24 20 6 Western of Austria 20 all West. of Switzerland ... 6 all W :eel aden 6 all Do.B p. cont. prof. 'X al& Zealand ..... ••• •• • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra di United Servd 40 all lustralasia 180 81 I 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London ,45 47 40 all Bri. Col, Bk.& Ln. Co 50 all British N. American „, 20 10 C.llk.of Ind•Au.&Cla 31 2f 100 50 City 56 58 100 25 Colonial 9 01 all Commercialof Canada 100 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.thit. 18 184 20 all Lon. Ch. lik.of A apt . 191 —19 f 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock. LOO 20 Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng.l 20 10 Do. New ." 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 43 —45 43i 25 all Oriental Back Corp- 35 37 20 all Ottoman Bank - 16.2 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 63 65 10 all Do. New. ••• ••• 25 all South A astralia ." ." 25 15 Do. New ••• ". 25 all Union of Australia 47 48 15 Do. New 32 33 32 1 50 10 Union of London._ 23 24 100 50 Unity Mutual mu ..., „.. 100 50 Westrußk of lo•nd , 19 17d Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (isxd. at 50/.; Bris.&Ex.4 P.C. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledu. £lO 4. p. c, Ches. & 110. 5i p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandon 5 p.c D an . Perth . &Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Ole. B Op. c Do. do. Cls. C i p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 1)o. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., 0. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101 Debentr.Sb. Do, do. 4 per cent._ lEast Lane ash .6 p. de+. IE.&W. York. J. sth• Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.PrthArDun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. d. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 fio --- li2 112 7- 114 p. c. prem. ...... Ift.N.OfScot.lst Prt. Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. iGt.W.(B. &11. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p. c. Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. Do. irrod. 4 par tent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Chester Sp. e. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm, Gua. Stk. Do, Mesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do, do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. I Do., P., 5 p. c.St.No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p.e. Do, do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F . et... Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. lato 3d Shares Lowly. & Color. Sh Lowly. &Ennis. A Sh S.,&L. 6 p. Cont. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3.} per cont. Niarypt. At Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Nfld. Consol. 6 p. c. St Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c Do. 4. p. c. Prof. St Do. L. &11. Prof. St New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpot. 6 pr. et. Norf lc. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 P. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1547 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference I N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf ; Do. do. do Do. Leeds bps. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848._ Do. York IL &S. Pur. North Staffordshire 1 0x., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist gnat% D cc o. oo.Nt o i.cou p. . e guar St et I Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon .00 - 105 1.2 :1 123 66 6s .37 - 139 .02 - 104 92 - 94 lli - Ili licZ --- 168 97 - 99 1— j d ••• ••• ••• ip 221 23.# 118 - 120 10-1 - ICG 101. - 103 120 - 122 125 - 130 73 - 75 10 - 10? fixed 4. pr cent. :astern (Reading n.) of £1 Os. esl. 4. par cent 221 - 231 101 - 103 101 - 103 Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh. Do. Now 41 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4} p. c S.Yorkslt.4 p.c.Guar stock. &Dar., sp. c ipo. do. do. rWaterfddtKilk. 6 pc 100 - 102 15 - 17 - 28} 43 - 43 PREFERENCE SHARES. 48 - 50 95 - 97 too :- liii a 7 6 112 - 115 107 - 110 115 - 118 113 - 116 132 - 131 79 - 81 64 C 6 lof 54 - 91 - 93 85 - 87 85 - 87 100 - IC2 9 1 - 104 16 - 17 9 1 - "18 - 74 - 91 - 91 13 - 14 138 - 112 BRITISH MINES. ... 2112 Alfred Cons. (Plink.) 10 - 11 20 14 British Iron - 4 ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 60 - 70 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 460 - 480 ... 30 ,Eist Basset (Mogan) 90 - 95 94 ... 178,Groat South Tolgus l4l - 151 ... lli Ort.W.Alfrcl.(Philk.) 5 - 54 ... 7g'Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 1 1 - li ••• 17s Lady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Mogan) 6 - 7 ... . N.W.Basset (Mogan) 94 - 101 91 ... 6115 North Wheal Crofty 5 - 6 ... 1/ Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 15 - 20 ... s 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... - .. ... Gs. Sort. Cons. Mi n. Co. 14 - 14 ... 21 S. Caradou (St. Clear) 395 -• 405 ... 2S. earn Brea (Illogn.) 3 - 4 . 19 S.W. France s (lll orm. ) 230 --240 5 41 'lam. S. &L. Min, Co. i - 1 10 9 Tin Croft . 31 - 4 ... 40 Um Mines (Gwennap) 80 - 100 ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camar.) 1 - 11 ••• 14 W. Basset (Illogan) 2ll - 251 241 5 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 100 - 110 ... 54 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 - 215 ••• 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 230 -29 ) ... FS Wh. Eclward(Calstek 41 - 5 ... 117 s 'Wh. Kitty (U. Llaut 9 - 10 8 Wh.Ma.Ann(Menlit. 47 - 49 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 25 - 2 7 FOREIGN MINES. 2U 74 'Australian ........ , ... 4- 4 1 10s. Hon Accord Cop. (ii.) I - P 14 i 35 27 Brazil ian I bap. (i .is ue d at .C 5 pm) ......... if - 24 30 all Do. Cocaos 4 Cuis.da ... - . 1 20 15 Do. St. J o h n Del Rey 12 - 13 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica,..,., .. ~.i 40 all Cobra C0pper......... 12 --44 ... 16 Copiapo ............... 11 - 13 1 all Dun Mount a i n Cop per Mining C o. . i .. I -- 2 all Fortuna .. 21 - 2 20 all General ...... 20 -.. 21 3 all Linares ............ 9 . _ 10 5 1i Lusitanian ......... . ... 14 - I d 1 all mariquita ........ I ..... 1 all New Granada......::: - i 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.Lol.4 Snit 6 - 7 5 1 Port Philip ........... ... _ . 30 1 165 Santiago do Cuba ... 11 - 2i a ll United Mexican l34_ 3 . ,MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 90) Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) , ... _ ... 25 19 lAustralian Agricult. 29 - 30 10 all i Australn. Royal Mail li - 11 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 3 - 41 10 2 Do. Now iss. at 5/. d ... .... 50 40 ',Brit. American Land .. . ..... ..: • 100 324 Canada .Jan&Jul ..... ••• St. 100 Do.Go.6pc) iiii 116 30i St. all ,Copper Min. of Eng. 25 _ 25 all Do. Prtf. 71 P. cent. 25 - 27 5 all Crystal Palace ll - 11 11 5 all Do. Preference - 44 4 all Crystal Pal. of France; ... ...... 20 all ', Eas tern Steam ••• 3/ _,34 st o 100 Electrictelograph ... 103 - pia 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... ..._ 7 . 5 all ,En.dgAnst.Cop.SmCo i ..... , 10 10s. Eur. & lud•Jetn. Tel. .. ' _ 12 . 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) i A ...... a 20 all Gen. Ir.Se•Col.(lim.) ...' ...... '*... 15 L 4 'Gm Steam Navigat. ... _..... . . ‘‘.. 20 5 London Discount ... 14 ._ /* ~ 44 4 all Lond. Gen. Orunihn 24 _ ?23 21 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... .... ..4 - . 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7 - 8 10 all Do. Extension Tele& ... ...... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Americn ... ..... ... 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 4 _ ~ 10 6 !N et h er l a nds Land.... i ....... 1 11 J 10 all Do. Do. . - 2. 5 all Do.B p.c.PLiss.at 1 d li - 2 5 3 Do. Do. - l 0 100 80 Now H. &N. S. Land 14 - 17 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.u.D. 1011 ..... -10.2 i io n 1 all N. B. Australasian... i 4 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 1 all Oriental Gas 1 105. Do New Share s a i d - par l 5 all Nelltr. Ld. 4 Minrl 2 50 all Peninsular 4 Orien tal 80 _ 2842 50 10 Do. New •.. 8 -84 p 50 all ahymney Iron - 22 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 59 - 60 594 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 - 1. St. 100 S. Ans, Gov. 6 p.c.bds llO - 11 25 all South Austral. Land 361 - 374 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri}, I _ 1 1 all Do. Registered - 1 20 5 Trua.Ln.Do. UP. Can. aa _ 100 281, Van Diokaell'e Land , 121 ~r, 134 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE, 9to 2 agst Herne taken) 13 to 2 agst Underhand (taken) 7 to 1 agst Satinstone (taken) Bto 1 agst Pensioner (taken) 12 to 1 agst Gunboat (taken) 20 to 1 apt lioneytree (taken) 100 to 3 agst . Telegram (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ductow (taken) 50 to 1 agst Bird•in-the.Hatd (taken) FOREIGN•OFFICE, JUNE 15. Notice is hereby given, that on and after this 15th day of June, the charge payable on the issue of a Foreign Office Passport is reduced from six shillings to two shillings. • WAR OFFICE, PALL-MA.IA., June 15. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Ft allele G. A. Fuller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams, promoted. 4th Dragoon Guards —Captain John RI war I Brodhurat, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, paying the difference, vice Shawe, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain Charles Clements Brooke, from the Royal London Militia, to be Riding Master. 10th Light Dragoons—To be Lieutenants, by purchase— Cornet E. Lovell, vico Mayne, promoted ; Cornet Lord Ralph D. Kerr. 11th Lancers--Troop Sergeant-Major George Pumfrett to be Riding Master. Military Train—Major Henry Ralph Browne to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice G. Robeson, who re tires; Captain Godfrey Cooper to be Major, by pur chase, vice Browns ; Ensign Bernard H. Burke to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Murphy, appointed to the sth Light Dragoons. 4th Regiment of Foot —To ba Lieutenants, wil hoot pur chase—Ensign A. C. Twentyman, Ensign F. Rynd. sth Foot —William Ford Longbourne, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase. 9th Foot—Captain George Spaight, from half-pay Una' - tached, to be Captain. 10th Foot 7 -Lieut. J. L. Whaito, to be Captain, without purchase. 11th Foot—Captain R. V. Dickens, from half-pay 'Unat tached, to be Captain ; Lieut. William Henry Clarkson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Boyd, who retires; Ensign William Taylor Corrie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clarkson ; Quartermaster David Simpson to be Paymaster, vice Boyd, who retires on half-pay. 14th Foot —To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En signs S. Watson ' G. L. Bryce, and J. Wilson ; Lieut. Henry William Heaton to be Instructor of Musketry, in succession to Lieut. Costin, appointed Adjutant. 15th Foot—Lieut. J. Smyth to be Captain, by purchase, Tice Butler, who retires ; Lieut. R. 11. Fry to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Synge, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment ; Ensign Alfred Wintle to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Smyth. 17th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Thomas Rochfort Hunt, vice John Lee, appointed to the 100th Regiment ; Ensign D. F. Allen. 19th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En signs G. D. Harris, T. D. Rew, W. R. Islie, R. H. Hackett. _ _ 20th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase -Ensign S. Egan, Ensign R. Blount, Ensign T. H. Hublyn, and Ensign C. K. Chatfield. Wm. Wynno Goodrich, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, iu succession to Lieut. ltochfort, promoted. Augustus Bc,llo de Lasalle, Esq., formerly Paymaster in the British German Legion, to be Paymaster. 21st Foot--Lieut. Arthur Cassidy, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. To bo Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign G. W. Furlong, Ensign E. T. Bainbridge, Ensign F. W. Hamilton, Ensign J. H. Patrickson, Ensign E. W. Pearman, and Ensign R. B. Gaskell. 22d Foot—Lieut. Henry Albert - Norris, from 73d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase ; Lieut. George Collins, from half-pay, 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. A. U. Deane, who exchanges ; Ensign Thomas Gilling from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Collins, who retires ; Frederick Trotter, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Holyoake, promoted. 24th Foot—Ensign Wm. Wynne Goodrich, from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign ; the Christian names of Ensign Hen messy are Alexander Carden. 37th Foot—Brevet-Major Edward D. Atkinson to be Major, without purchase, vice Lewis, who retires upon full-pay. 39th Foot--Ensign Frederick Trotter, from the 22d Fo.,t, to be Ensign, vice Gosselin, appointed to the 23d Foot. 90th Foot—Captain Charles Fleetwood Shawo, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Brodhuret, who eaclianc , b es. 41st Foot—To bo Ensigns, without purchase—Thomas P. A. Bracken, Gene., vice Jemmett, promoted in 15th Foot; John Caulfield, Gent., vice Boyne, promoted in 16th Foot. 47th Foot—Lieut. James A. Bloomfield to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lowry, who retires ; Ensign John Stan ley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bloomfield. 52.1 Foot —Lieut. Thomas Archer Julian to be A.ljutant, vice Stopford, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 60th Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign A. H. Woodgato, vice promoted ; Ensign W. 11. Moseley, vice Sewell, who has retired ; Ensign W. L. K. Ogilvy, vice Denne, who retires. Gist Foot—Charles Hercules Atkinson, Gent., to be En sign by purchase, vice Boileau, promoted. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Edward Couper, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dickens, promoted, without purchase, to as Unattached Company. 67th Foot—Captain John Stanley Howard, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Daniel Thompson, seconded, being appointed Captain Instructor of Mus ketry, at Hythe ; Lieutenant Arthur Henry Coney to be Captain, by purchase, vice Howard, who retires; Ensign George Masters Caidew to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coney. 88th Foot—Lieut. Sheffield Grace to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Wilkinson, who retires. 73d Foot Sergeant James Kirk, from the Royal Marines, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bayley, promoted. 75th Foot—Ensign James Streets to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Faithful, deceased. 86th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Joseph Sawyers, M.D., from the 21th Foot, to be S ar g eon, vic e Stack, killed in action. 93th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Wield to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Bazalgette, killed in action ; Ensign Robert Macnee to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wield. 100th Foot—The transfer of the undermentioned Officers, as stated in the Gazette of the Ist June, 1858, has been cancelled :--Lieut. George Fox Gra n t, f rom t h e 62nd Foot ; Lieut. Charles J. Hampton, from the 51;th Foot. Rifle Brigade—To be Ensign without purchase.—Gerald Edmund Boyle, Gent., vice Rainsbottorn, promoted; Christopher Hatton Tumor, Gent., vice Phillips, promoted. promoted. Ist West India Regiment--Captain Robert Follett Synge, from the 15th Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Chamberlayne, promoted in the 3il West India Regiment. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant R. S. Wilkinson Jones to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lake, ap pointed to the 100th Foot ; Ensign Charles Edward Russell to be Lieutenant, without purc hase, vice Jones. Royal Canadian Rifl e R eg i m e n t —Ensign William Henry Surman to be Lieutenant, w ithout purchase. Gold Coast Artill er y C or ps —Ed w in Hewett, Gent , to b) Ensign, without purchase, vice Clar k, whose appoint ment, as stated in the Gazette of t he 7th Ma y , 1858, has Loan cancelled. Royal Malta Fencible R eg i men t —Ensign T. Emanuel Bonavia to bo Instructor of Musketr y . UNATTACHED. Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James Villiers, of the 47th Foot, to have the Substantive Rank of Liente• nant-Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 185 % The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the 'Royal War rant of 6th October, 1854 :--- Brevet-Major Charles Elward Mansfield, of the 33rd Foot. Brevet Major William Warry, of the 34th Foot. Lieutenant Robert Vaughan Dickens, from the 61th Foot, to be Captain without purchase. BREVET. The following promotions to take place consequent upon the death of Major General Thomas Falls, on tho l'thh May, 1858 : Major-General Sir W. R. Mansfield, K.C.8., Chief of the Staff in the East Indies, promoted on the 18th May, 1858, for distinguished service, to be placed on the Per manent Establishment of General Officers. Brevet-Lieut -Colonel Charles Wise, upon half-pay as Major Unattached, to ho Colonel. Brevet-Major John Sampson, upon half-pay as Captain 4th Garrison Battalion (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to he Lieutenant-Colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Johnstone, C. 11., 33l Foot. Captain and Lieutenant-Colenel the Hon. A. E Hard- Ingo, C. 8., Coldstream Guards, Assistant-Quartermaster- General in Dublin. Major J. 0. Lewis, retired full-pay 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant -Colonel iu the Army, the rank being honorary only. Captain Henry Reynolds, 58th Foot, to be Major. The undermentioned Officers, having completed thr3e years' actual servi c e i n the rank of Lieutenant-Colonels, to be promoted to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of &h October, 1834 : Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel Ernest C. Wilful-3, Chief Instructor of the School of Musketry, Hythe. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MAL, JtAtt 15. IMEMORANDTJM. Her Majesty has been pleased to command that the two following Officers bo appointed additional Mem bers of the Council of Military Education Brevet-Colonel Thomas Elwyn, of the Royal Artillery. The Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., Canon of B r i s t o l. COMMISBiON SIG-NED B THE QUEEN. Hampshire Regiment of Militia--Thos. Walter Hives, Gent., to bo Quartermaster from the 23d Apiil, 185.?, vice Heyddn, deceased. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Jacob Isaac de Jonge, merchant, Nark-land. BANKRUPTS. Robert Edwards, joiner, Mold, Flintshire, June 29 and July 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Charlas Garlick, ironmonger, Guildford, Surrey, June 28, at two, and Aug. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. John Lockwood, cloth manufacturer, Mold Green, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, June 29, at half-past eleven, autl July 2G, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Sohn Cowen, travelling draper, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Juno 26 and July 15, at half-past cloven, at the Birming ham District Court. Robert Cumberland, fancy goods marinfw turer, Addle street,:City, June 25, at eleven, and July 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Rolfe, pianoforte maker, Regent-street, June 28 and Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John William Holderness, timber merchant, Kingston upon-Hull, June 30 and Aug. 4, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. George Hubbard Rimmington, grocer, Wymondhatn, July 8 and August 3, at half-past ter., at the Birmingham District Court. John Wall, carpenter, late of Southport, June 25 and July 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. - Alexander Rigg and Con;pany, coalmasters,'Rank, New Cumnock. Thomas Webb, Fort William, Inverneashire. George Christie, Grocer, Aberdeen. David Smith and William Smith, grocers, Edinburgh. James Galloway, mas3n, Glasgow. Donald CampbA, provision merchant, Glasgow. THE PROPERTY QUALIFICATION BILL. (From the Times ) Yesterday afternoon the House of Larde witnessed one of those solemn testimonies and I.st stands which are occasionally made in favour of our ancient institu tions. Lord Ravensworth delivered his soul on the sub ject of chat was once a prime article of the poli•ic 1 creed—the property qualification ; and, had it been r: salty itself, or the Christian religion, his lordship could not have beeu more earnest, or, we dare say, more ein core. The tenth is, that there is a large class of people —so large and so powerful that we must accept them as a dispensation of Providence—who will bear martyrdom, or next to it, for anything which they have or ce been taught is a proper occasion for the sacrifice. The merest counter with them is sterling coin. You have only to catch them tolerably young, and show them an object for the display of their z-eal, as you would show a stick to a jog, and they will fetch, carry, and fight fir it as long as a tooth remains in their heads or a drop of blood in their bodies. Reason is wholly out of the question with these people. They answer you candidly that the worth of the thing is not in itself, but in the principle embodied, in the doctrine conveyed, in the moral significance, apart from the pracical validity. Thus the property qualification signified the proper thee for the House of Commons, and so testified in favour of the landed qe retry. It is also quite sure that Radical Reformers will derive a shadowy sort of satisfaction from seeing one more bul wark of our glorious constitution disappear. So here at once is a thing to go to the stake fur, it is tine that the house of Commons n ,toriously contains many men without an acre or a shilling of rent to call their own. It is true that none have helped so much to evade the law as the nobility themselvee. It is true that the house has always cmtair ed a number of persons who, if their affairs were p 1 iced in the hands of an a2ceuntant, would be found insolvent. But from these solid and obvious feats we aro referred to the purport of the property qualification. It meant so and so, and the meaning is what we are to look to. The fittest parallel for legisla tion of this antique and ineffective character is to be found in the fif:een hundred toilet of stone wall and thousand miles of palisade built - by the (mews. to k-ep out the Tartars. The enemy got over the wall or got round it as often as they pleased. Still, it signified they were not to come in, and, though they were in at last for good, and got possession of ail China, they st 11 kept up the fiction that the wall was to keep out the enemy. The wall of the Property Qualification has been surmenntod, and turned, and undermined in all sorts of ways by anybody who wiihA to do AO ; but as long as it reared its imposing front against penniless Radicals or other adventurers it wee to be maintained. It might be only a pasteboard forti• fib alert ; it might be a wooden gun ; it might be a sham steamer emitting straw smoke ; it might be any otht r undeniable humbug ; still the pretence, the name, the figure-head, the devic on the stern, were all wise and good ; so it was a crime to give it up. That is the pur port of Lord Ravensworth's speech. It is a speech we have heard a hundred times before, arid, if we live long enough, shall hear a hundred times again. As it happened, when this last fight was made against one of the last bulwarks of our robe constitution in the House of Lords, the other house had beau addressed a few hours before by a member whose qualification has recently been rifted outside the walls of Parliament, and been found a minus quantity. At the very time Lord Ravensworth was defending the Home of Commons against the intrusion of leckland alventurere, Mr. ' Townsend was still a member, still safe in his seat, though Droved in public court to be not only penniless, but without the means of real fying his creditors. The of If result of this state of affairs that the hen. Matti • her for Greenwich suffers a brief eclipse of his splendour. For a twelvemonth the house will cot base the oppor tunity of listening to his arguments, however pro— found, or his eloquence, however persuasive ; bu he still represents the town of Greenwich, in spite of the bulwarks erected by the wisdom of our forefathers Nainat gentlemen of limited incomes. Indeed, Mr. Townsend could n t be prevented from addressing the house in d.fence of his briet Parliamentary career, his speeches, his votes, and his constituenie. The 30,000 free, honest, and independent men of Greenwich are still at x ous to retain his servces, and will not have him put out to make room for any money-bag candidate. Their views ou this point are diametrically opposite to those which Lord Ravensworth shortly after delivered in the House of Lords. They do not care a rush whe ther their representative has 50,000/. a year or only 500/ , if he is only true to his bus ings 'professions. No doubt, this is very noble in the electors r f Greenwich ; but, with all due deference to them and the man of their choice, this was not the question they bad to consider. The choice did not lie between two positive incomes, or two plus quantities of any kind, but between a plus and is negative quantity—between income and deficiency. The case is all the more remarkable as an illustration of the state of things defended by Lord Ravensworth. Under it a man may continue to be a member of the House of Commons who not only has no gialification whatever, but is a declared bankrupt. The two addresses—viz., Lord Ravensworth's in favour of Property Qualification, and Mr. Townsend's in favour of the freer principles that influence the 30,000 electors of Greenwich, are riot SO dissimilar as might be expected. Parliamentary eloquence does not divide itself so naturally into brimstone and treacle as the harangues of another rostrum. Both these spoke as earnest men ; both appealed to the true Englishman ; both were equally persuaded that they represented a good cause, and were making a noble confession. Nevertheless, both these patriots are under the fa tal necessity of hutting their eyes to the real facts of the case—Lord Ravensworth to the fact that his qu alifies tion does not k ee p ou t gen tl emen like Mr. Townsend, and. Mr. T ownsen d hi mse lf t o th e fact that it was no t a The unction, question of qualification, but of mere solvency.tliie that testimony he d e li vere d with so much in the Upper House, was beyond tbe f n a c ets lo of the case. It would be to Lord Ravensworth's purpose if he could have shown that the law kept out poor men, and it would have been to Mr. T o wnsend's if he could have shown that his was a case of therbblameless : we Leg to record a admirers ire of Parliamen poverty, and the rs electors of Greenwich sim p l y Parliamen tary Cincienatus. For our p quiet protest against illusions of all kinds, and it was as ill u sion in both hous es yesterday to suppose honest po verty really in i que stion. We have no wish to exclude it—indeed, it s evident we cannot ; but we do think it much better that a member of Parliament should be able to pay 20s. in the pound. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The 67th Regiment is appointed to leave Ply. mouth citadel this morning, by the South Devon Railway, for Aldershott, and the 96th, from Alder shott, is appointed to-arrive at Plymouth, by the same route, to-morrow (Thursday) morning. The troopship Lord Raglan sans this .day from Liverpool for Gibraltar to embark the 14 Royals for conveyance to Hong Kong, after which tarvice she will take on hoard the 59th Rogiment for con veyance to the Cape of Good Hope, This vessel is equipped in every re , pect for the accommodati , n ot 50 officers and 1,000 men. Sir J. Pakington, as First Lord of the Admi ralty, held 'a levee Yesterday at the Admiralty, at which the uudermentiencd officers attended : Vice-Admiral Cater, Lieut.- Gen.-Coryl on Royal Marines ; lar-Admiral Lo r d G. Paulet, Capt. G. P. Horn by, alpt. De Horsey, Capt. Fisher, Capt. Hayes ' Capt. H. J. Dou g l as , C apt. L. J. , nes, Capt. W. E.Elmons'oi.e, Capt. W. H. Moorhead Caps R. J. Otway, Capt. T. Birch, C apt . J. S'oddart, Capt. Pierce, Copt. E. Herrick, Commander Harvey, Commander E. P. Denr, Commander P. A. Ellis, Commander J. E. Parish, Commander Thorp, Commander F. S. Tretnlett, Commander J. Ellwau, Capt. Dyer, R. M., Lieut. W. F. Robin son, Lieut. W. N. Boyce, Lieut. H. A. Claveriuth Lieut. J. W. Jame s, and Mr. Paul (master). In consequence of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry being below its re. quired strength, Admiralty orders were ree,ived at Chatham yesterday by Col. H. W. Pazke, Com. in;ndant of the First Division, directing the n,)n -e-)mmissiond officers and men of the Woolwich Division who have been doing duty with the Chat ham Division for several mouths past to join head quai tors forth w ;tit. _ The Dragon, 6, paddlewheel steam frigate, hay. ing had her repairs completed at Chatham, has been put out of dock, and will be sent to Sheerness for the purpose of being attached to the steam reserve, for which service she has been fitted. The Marlborough, 131, Cap!ain herd F. Kerr, flig of Vice-Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8., left Spit head last evening about 5 o'clock for the Mediter ranean. Her detention, we are informed, been consequent upon some irregularity on the pay day, which, prevented the wives of the seamen from get ting their money. She was visited in the afternoon just b,foie sailing by the Danish - Minister. A salute of 15 guns was fired in his honour on leaving thie ship. The (Mande., 50, screw, the first of a now class of frigates, was launched at Pembroke on Satur day last, and the event, from the length of the ves sel, caused much interest, not only in Pembroke-. shTe, but throughout the adjoining counties, that the crowd of spectators was beyond all precedent. The ceremony of naming w, s performed about 5.30 p.m., by Mrs. Ramsay, wife of the captain stiperintendeut of the establishimeut, ahorily after which the noble fabric glided into the waters of the haven amidst the shouts of thousands of spectators. The following is a scale of her dimensions :—Length b.-tween the perpendiculars, 300 feet ; length of keel for tonnage, 264 feet 4 ii cies ; breadth ex treme, 52 feet; ditto, for tonnage, 51 feet 6 inches; di to, moulded, 50 feet 8 inches ; depth of hold, 1.9 feet 10 inches; burden in tons, 3,726 70-94 ; horse powt r, 1,000. SIC is to carry guns of the largest &Iva (50 in all), and will be placed in commission as soon as she is furnished with machinery. For this purpose there is a large rarty of Fez+ men there from Devonport, to jury-rig and navigate her round to that place. Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, was taken out of dock yes terday at Portsmouth, after repairs, &c. The Cesar, 91, has been commissioned at Ports mouth for Captain Frederick, to form one of the Channel Peet. Th-) Nile freight ship, 1,200 tons, Captain W. Strange (one of Messrs. Green's Indian fleet), ar rived at Spithead on Monday from the Thames, for Madras and Calcutta, for which port she would sail last evening' or this morning, after shipping her stock and embarking her passengers. A serious accident happene I at Chatham dockyard to the freight ship Mary Catherine, which has just coinpleted discharging a cargo of Italian oak for that establishment. After discharging the v e s se l was proceeding to take in h er ballast, and for that purpos3 had the raft port left open, when she gave a sudden lurch, and the water rushing into the raft po. t she rapidly filled and fell over on her side. She still lies in tie harbour, with het masts com pletely immersed, but every exertion is being made by a large party of workmen belonging to the dock yard to raise her from her present perilous position. The screw steamships Renown, 91, Capt. Arthur Forbes, and Racoon, 22, Capt. filtlbs A. Paynter, from Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday afternoon. The Renown and Racoon left Lisbon on Saturday, May 29, and. arrived on Sa turday, June 5, at Gibraltar, wh. re three sets of s item Lord 1.130ns awaited them. The first instructed the ships to proceed up the Mediter ranean, the tecoud to remain until the French fleet pas:ied, and the third to return to England it they did pass. They left on Wednesday the 9th, in comp lance with the last order. Tao French fleet was observed steering out of the str a it s on t h e n i g h t Thereday. the 3d .1 - n!.p, by the a toulu erc.ga r at.i l a Urgent, which happened I o be then going in. It is stated to cons'st of about 12 sail, including three fria.' es, which were supposed to be bound to Bret. The following appointments were made yester d,y at the Admiral' y : Mr. John Wm. L twless, naval instructor, to the Calsar ; IL St. L. Palliser and A. R. Gordon, mid si.ii:men, to the Euryalus. 1191 THE MILITIA. The 4th Royal Lancashire Militia marohed into Portsmouth yesterday for garrison duty. They ;v re conveyed from the camp, Aldershott, by spe cial train on the South-Western Railway. The 4th Lanclatire i% a very fine and effective regiment of infoitry, Lumbering neirly 1,000 men and 40 ofice• s. TILE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM. Yesterday, at noon, the Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort, made her entry into the populous inautiiactuting town of Birmingham, under circum stances n hich invested th 4 ceremony with a degree of varied interest, splendour, and animation never exceeded oil any other occasion on which she has conferred a similar honour upon any of her subjects, and which will long live in the memory of all who w itnessed it. Her Majesty left Kenil worth station in the morni ng a few minutes after the appointed time, and at a few minutes before twelve the august party were landed upon the platform of the Birmingham Station. On emerging from the station, under an escort of the lOth Hu , i-ars, the royal cortege entered Queen-street. As the Q !leen approached the Market-h a ll s h e was g reete,l with vehement cheering from the crow d . Proceeding then at a slow pace along Worcester street, Iligh,treet, Bull-street, Colmore-rew, all of which were tastefully f.-stooped with flowers and ever greens, and where her Majesty received a most enthusi. antic welcome from the crowds assembled along the footpaths and at the open windows, the cortege arrived at the ToAn-hall, which had been decorated tor her re ception in a very splendid manner. As her Majesty entered the building the assembly rose in a body, and the choir stationed in the gallery sang the uatioual anthem. Loyal and dutiful addresses were then presented to the Queen and the Prince Consent to which suitable re plies were returned. Her Majesty was pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on Mr. Ratclliff, the Mayor. Her Majesty then ltft the ball, with the Prince Con sort, attended as before, and the Royal party started oat its way to Aston Park, a distance of about two miles and a half, under a cavalry escort composed of a de. tachrnent of the 10th Hussars. On arriving at the entrance to Aston-Hall her Ma jesty was received by Sir Francis Scott, Bart., chairman of the Interim Managers of the Park, and conducted. with the Prince Consort, to the dining•roons, attended by their suite, where luncheon was served. Subsequently the Royal party inspected some of the more interesting objects of art and antiquity contained within the build in!, and than repaired to the Great Gallery, where Sir Francis Scott presented another address to her Majesty. H e r ivlpjesty read the following gracious reply "I sincerely thank you for your loyal assurances of de voted attachment to my throne and person. The improve ment of the moral, intellectual, and social condition of my people will always command my earnest attention; and is opening this hall and park to-day I rejoice to have another opportunity of promoting their comfort and innocent re creation'. . . The august visitors then appeared upon the terraco, when her Alajesty was greeted with the most vociferous cbeere from the people as4etubled in the grounds below, formally inaugurated the paik. Returning into the 1,L.11, the Queen and the Patine Consort, attended as before, took tlp it departure for the hall at half-past 3 o'cl mek by Stoneleigh Abbey. The Royal party tra velled for a special train, which they entered at a tem porary‘‘7er a k s ta n t : i 3 c i i i, a y t A e r s e t c o t n e , d o e n x ptrhees al L y o i n o d r on he a r n l d ia l e o B r t t y % accommodation, to save her the necessity of returning through the town of Birrningi.arr. .I.4:ign has invited a di s ti ngu i s h e d party of the nobility and gentry in the neighbourhood to meet bit Majesty and the Prince Consort at dinner to-day. The August visitors paved the night at Stoneleigh Abbey. The Mayor of Birmingham, now Sir John Ratcliffe, entertained about 500 et tho principal inhabitants at • banquet at Town-hall this evening. lien I\ll,j , sty rrt urne,l to town this day. DEATH OF MR. MICHAEL WILLIAWS, M.P.—Mr Mieilxrl Williams, M.P. for West Cornw..ll, died at Traeince, near Truio, ycstLr3ay aftcrr oon, a little alter five o'clock. Sr. BARNABAS, PIMLICO.—Mr. Bu ler, fie member for the Tower hamlets, has postpoi ed hi , questiouil with reference to the alleged practic. s at B ilgravia tO Friday next. last brce thee 3 are L the • St. 25 10 L 0.6 Ill) .