The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

TILE NA VY. The Channel fleet sailed from the Downs on Saturda - 3-, at noon, for Plymouth. The operation of cutting in two a line-of-battle ship took place at Chatham Dockyard on Saturday morning, the vessel thus operated upon being the two-decker 84-gun ship Bombay, which ix now 111 dock undergoing the process of being converted into a screw steamer. The vessel was built at Bombay, thirty years ago, and sent to England, bat after lying for a considerable time in ordinary at Devonport it was determined to send her to Chat ham to have her altered to a screw steamer. The entire vessel having been cut through, the opera tion of half-launching the stern portion the distance to be added to her length was commenced at eleven o'clock, under the direction or Mr. 0. W. Lang, master shipwright, and the staff of the establish- ment. The huge mass was moved slowly, by means of hydraulic levers and blocks, at the rate of about one foot in three minutes, but owing to sotne impediment which was met with the entire operation was not completed until half-past twelve, by which time the stern portion had been moved a distance of 33 feet 9 inches, the length to be added to the vessel. The operation was successfully effected by Mr. Lang, without accident of any kind, a number of scientific persons being present. The ship will also be lengthened by the bow and stern, and when completed will be a splendid vessel of 236 feet 6 inches in length. She is to carry 80 guns of large calibre. Her new stern is to be elliptical. The whole of her timber is teak, and as sound as the day she was built. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, in Ply mouth Sound, lauded on Friday the stores which she brought from the West Indies. The gunboat Violet was taken out of the covered dock of the Devouport dockyard on Friday, and the victualling yard paddle-wheel steamer Thais was placed in the covered dock. The sailing corvette Ilavannall, 19, was taken in tow on Thursday evening in Plymouth Sound by the steam tugs Conflance and Iron Duke. The latter tug will tow her to Cardiff, where she will become a training ship for destitute boys. The gunboat Nightingale is under examination alongside the Devonport dockyard to ascertain her condition. The screw gun-vessel Viper will be ready for being put out of commission about the 14th inst. The sailing line-of-battle ship Indus, 78, at Devonport, will b.; commissioned on the 14th inst. as guardship of the steam ordinary, vice Welling ton, 72, the crew of which will be transferred. The Wellington is to be recommended as guardship of the sailing ordinary. The Royal Adelaide, 104, at Devonport, is to be recommissioned on the 14th inst. as a depot and training ship for boys. The Rhadamanthus, paddle, Master Commander Sturdee, sailed from Spithead for Woolwich, on Saturday. The Victoria and Albert, Royal paddle yacht, Capt. the 11on. Joseph Denman, sailed from Ports mouth harbour yesterday, and took up her moor ings in Cowes Roads. The Duke of Newcastle em barked on hoard the Royal yacht prior to her leaving Portsmouth harbour, and proceeded to Cowes on hoard of her. The Sprightly, paddle tender, Master Commander Allen, also proceeded to Cowes in the wake of the Royal yacht, with servants and luggage. The Barracouta, 6, paddlewheel steam vessel, 200- horse power, Commander W. Wood, has been taken out of dry dock, in Sheerness yard, where she has undergone a thorough examination as to her condi tion with the most satisfactory results; she is now being coaled, and will shortly be ready for sea. The Cockatrice, a new gunboat, with steam en gines of 60-horse power, was brought up to Wool wich on Saturday, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, to be fitted for service. The Snipe, built at Millwall, a third of the new class of screw steam gun vessels, to carry five Armstrong guns, has also been brought! to Woolwich for fitting oat. Her Majesty's War Department steamer Lord Panmure, H. T. Moore, commander, returned to Woolwich Arsenal on Saturday, having delivered at the Tower the remnant of the stores saved from the ship Havering, stranded in Plymouth Sound, consisting of 1,000 cases and 400 hhds. of porter and ale, 500 bales of rugs and blankets, &c. In conse quence of the accumulating demand for the ready supply of equipment to the regular army and the volunteers, and the consequent necessity for addi tional storehouses, the Lords of the Treasury have entered into arrangements for the purchase of a spot of waste ground in North Woolwich for the erection of a magazine, to deposit stores of the above-named description, the Tower vaults to be reserved for the housing of arms and equipments only. The crew of the screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton, at Plymouth, were inspected on Saturday by Capt. Jerningham, of the gunnery-ship Cambridge. Nine labourers belong ing to the Master Attendant's departments in the Devonport dockyard volunteered for the St. George last week. The remains of the late Captain-Superintendent Rundle Burges Watson, C. 8., were yesterday removed from the official residence in Sheerness dockyard to her Majesty's ship Myrtle, Master Commander Bourchier, for conveyance to Teign mouth. The body was attended from the resi dence to the wharf by the naval and military officers connected with Sheerness, the procession passing through a file of the workmen of the yard, amount ing to about 1,600 men. The pall was carried by Capt. Schomberg, her Majesty's ship Cumberland; Capt. Goldsmith, her Majesty's ship Wellesley ; Commander Lloyd, her Majesty's ship Cumberland ; and Commander Aldrich, her Majesty's ship For midable. The following; appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—W. A. Houghton, 3d class assist.-engineer to the Cumberland for service in the Adder; Archd. King, acting 31 class assist.- engineer to the Torch ; and John Purdie, acting 3d class assist.-engineer to the Greyhound. TILE ARMY. The Government, having decided on repairing the existing fortifications and erecting additional defences at the island of St. Helena, in order to make it as nearly as possible impregnable, orders have been forwarded to Chatham, directing a party of the most experienced non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers to be selected and held in readiness to yrocced to St. Helena at an early date, in order to undertake the necessary works, and to be employed in the requisite engi neering operations which are intended to be car ried out at that island. This will be the first instance of any portion of the corps of Royal Engineers, with the exception of officers, having been sent to the island of St. Helena. The Holmsdale, 1,257 tons, Capt. W. J. Ferris, one of the ships chartered by the Hon. Council for India, embarked the following reinforcements at Gravesend, on Saturday, for Madras—viz., 60 non commissioned officers and men of the 17th Lancers, 74 men of the Ist battalion Ist ltoyals ; 190 non cemunissioned officers and men of all ranks of the 74th 'Highlanders, together with five women and 13 children, and the following officers :—Capt. J. Goldie, Cornet F. W: Blumberg, and Cornet H. A. Robinson, 17th Lancers; Ensign T. Atkinson, Ist I ."Yals; Lieut. IL Gorton, Ensign E, Villiers, and Ensign It. M. Tod, 43d Light Infantry ; Capt. L. A. Brydon, Ensign A. M. Macleod, Ensign G. W. Hall, and Ensig n C. 11. Dougherty, 74th High landers ;and Staff-Assist -Surgeon M. Grant, M.I). The hired East India troopship Coldstream. 756 tons, Capt. W. C. Kennedy, will embark the fol lowing reinforcements for Madras to-morrow—viz., 3 officers and 76 men of the Ist battalion 18th Royal I r i s h ; 2 men of the 6th Light Infantry ; and 3 officers and 120 men of the 64th Regiment. C/fAIIGI'. AGAINST A CHAPLAIN 31r.11, the l'oor-law inspector, hei'd.an Friday, tivAtion into the charges mule against th e ° lt e e t v i l l \M -I):,eock, chaplain of tho Lilian Workhouse, Ba; charges against Mr. Pocock were that ho had bee . n C 8 fleeted with two questionable annuity socieles, that instead of of d e voting. his wh01,!., attention to his duties at tho work house, he had opened a school for "unruly children ;" an d also that he Was generally unlit for the duties of his office. The rev. gentleman was exainined voluntarily, and at the termination of which the proceedings wereadjourne.l. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIAJION. The great week of the Volunteers terminated on Saturday, and ended with a brilliancy on , inferior to that of its opening day, which was grit ed by the presence of the Queen. In all public gatherings that extend over se feral days some of them are marked out for particular distinction : Epsom has its " Derby," and Ascot its " Cup." Saturday was the " Queen's Prize" day at Wimbledon, and drew from London a greater number of spectators than had been seen on the ground since the inaugura tion. On the Putney road there was a continuous stream outwards of carriages and equestrians; at the Waterloo station these was again a crush, con- fusion, and a succession of very bad quarter hours to be passed by the public before they could dis burse their cash for tickets. The impediments the railway authorities put in the way of those who come to them money in hand are sometimes singu larly perverse ; but with a week's practice the dif ficulties were brought to perfection on Saturday at the Waterloo station. Every "one and return" is fixed at a sum that in nine cases out of ten requires change to be given from two shilling or half-a crown ; and one clerk at. one small window was the receiver and payer for the whole rush. With the least foresight and arrangement these scenes of mobbing and scrambling, disagreeable to the strong, and really dangerous to the weak, might be avoided. But, as usual, the public endured, paid, and at last got to Wimbledon. The half-holiday hours of Sa turday liberated the city for a run down ; and Rot ten-row transferred itself for that afternoon to the common. Cavaliers and Amazons were cantering across the ground in every direction, and during the last two hours of the contest for the Royal prize the competitors were fenced in by a semicircle of spectators, horsemen, and carriages , two and three deep. As a spectacle, the last firing of the 40 at the 1,000 yards' range was precisely the same as that of all the other matches, which during the week drew but a small group of observers round the champions. But the value of the stakes always increases the interest of the game, even to bystand ers ' • and the £250 depending on one keen sight and steady hand was also the first Royal gift for such a purpose—certainly for two generations. It was a revival of an emulation fimiliar to the people in olden times. Our ancient royalties were gi.acious to marksmen. " Old Double" could put in his shaft at twelve score, and "John of Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head." The same point of the great wheel may be coining round again. The difference will be of weapon only—not of spirit, nor of skill. The arrangements on the ground on Saturday were the same as on the preceding days. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were present during the afternoon. The competition for the Queen's prize of 1250 and the gold medal of the Association was restricted to Volunteers ; the 20 winners of the - Whitworth rifles given by the Association, and the 20 second best shots of that contest, now contended between themselves for the higher distinction. The distances were 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, each competitor firing five shots at each. No artificial rest for the weapon was allowed. Of the 40 qualified four with drew ; the remaining 36 were placed as follows : Points. Ross 7th North York 24 Fending ...-. .. 4th Flintshire Williams 2d Bucks .. 20 Tinley 2d Lancashire llidton id Manchester Jenkins Blackburn .... Edinburgh Baker Henry Edinburgh l5 Cowan .. Lanark H Plaskett Potter Sandford St. George's Gosnald CuHinson 6th North York l2 Lawley Wylie Phillips Marryat Caiger 2d Middlesex 9 Cocks Owen Marshall Burg Jackson .. 32d Kent 7 Fenton Pout Batty Johnson Howard May sth Sussex ... . Sharp Brooks .. 12th Middlesex Wood Russell . . Edinburgh 1 Beard .. Edinburgh 1 The firing commenced at 9 a.m., and had finished for the two first ranges before the greater number of London visitors, in tie afternoon, arrived. It was the firing at the longest, and most trying range of 1,000 yards of which most of them were witnesses, Mr. Ross, the winner of the grand prize of the whole contest, is a very young man ; his style of firing was remarkably quiet and steady. The second match of the day was for the Duke of Wellington's prize of £5O; the conditions five rounds at the 1,000 yards' range. This contest was I also decided early in the day. The winner was Lieut. Archibald, 33d Regiment, an instructor of musketry. But he was very closely pressed by M. Knecht, one of the Swiss; they each made three points, and on the deciding shot of the tie Lieut. Archibald won. M. Knecht was awarded as a second prize a watch given by Mr. Bennett, value 30 guineas. In return for the prize Whitworth rifle, offe - LTd by Mr. Fairbairn for the competition of the Swiss only, they had given a Swiss rifle, to be fired for only by Volunteers, but excluding those who were entitled to compete for the Queen's prize. This match completed the list of Saturday. It was gained by Mr. Dear, 9th Middlesex, who in five rounds at 500 yards made seven points. At 6 o'clock several of the Volunteer companies from London and the suburbs marched on the ground with their bands, and closed the proceedings of the week with more military " pride and circum stance" than had even marked their opening. To-day the scene will shift to the Crystal Palace, where all the winners will be assembled to receive their prizes. They will be distributed by Mr. Sidney Herbert, the president of the association. Every arrangement has been made to render the occasion worthy of the great week, that, opening with the presence and sanction of the Sovereign, will be closed with the seal of official approbation. We are requested to state that it was Lieutenant Lacy, of the 12th Regiment, and not Capt. Lacy, of the 33d Regiment, who won the Prince Consort's i prize on Friday. DEPARTURE OF TIEEIVAN. (From the Era.) The Boy of Benicia has gone from amongst us, and is now on the broad Atlantic hailing for home, and burning, as it would seem, to meet in battle array the redoubtable Morrissey, once his con queror in the mystic ring. Heenan, accompanied by Jack Macdonald, sailed from Southampton, in the Vanderbilt on Tuesday last, the same ship that carried out to America the news of. the defeat in the Derby of the much-lauded and "eternally" glorified Umpire, who, according to Yankee ac counts, was to lick all his competitors at Epsom into fits, and having knocked them into that silly state of prostration, eat them saddles, jockeys, and all, with mint sauce. Heenan was accompanied to the steamer by many friends. His gallant oppo nent, Tom Sayers, saw him off from the Waterloo Station, and the parting is described as having been quite sentimental. We are informed that Heenan is . big with the determination to polish off Mor rhulitsgisneoyasn,ttwcaognhoefint. r who, d i is t en is ce s , a o i h d fc , is getting ready to meet his beating ßenicia Morrissey Boy orr talk ssey ,s and with then, the shetasiey bridge ays,ie s Infant, hali n comeb e a a ck ny t hn to England else whogland may h tosettlethe e willing to meet him. Is there bounce about this ? It looks very like it. Heenan carr i es w i t h hi m home some memorials of his visit to England. On Monday night a cup was presented to hi m . I t bears the following inscription : " This cup is presented to J. C. ne , enan by a few English men, frequenters of Mr..J.Prevest s, Anchor and Hop e , Stepney, in admiration of his manly and gentlemanly con duct during his stay in England. In addition to this, a party of Irishmen, residents in Loudon, have presented him with a magnificent gold ring, of considerable value. Heenan s last act in England has been of the most meritorious nature. At an expense of £BO he has raised a monument over the remains of his countryman, Freeman, who lies buried at Winchester. "The poor fellow , " said Heenan," I was determined should not be forgotten , and when the physician who attended him in his fatal illness heard what I'd done, he sent me a pocket-knife, the only thing in the world Freeman had to call his own when he died, and I value that very much." It is announced that Heenan and Jack Mac donald will return to England in October or No vember; but here again we do not see how this squares with the avowed intention of the Benicia Boy to meet Morrissey. [AnvEonsEmENT.]-11olloway's Pills and Ointment. —Art surpasses Science.—ln the cure of all diseases expe rience is the grand hand-maiden of nature. To watch the proper moment, and to give the appropriate medicine, ho the chief art in subduing all aliments. As Holloway's medicines remove all obstructions to perfect action, as the rat necessarily watchmaker clears the works of an ill-going timepiece, they heir benign restore regularity and order Such being action, they can never be used at the wrong time, nor tageouslyinlproperly, if attention be given to the instruc tionsment which l accompany every package of pills and oint lies eweakest theiras w e a l e l t a ie s a the e i s n t g ro s n e g e e e s e t lin n g t a7ad vlihealing,n- purifying, and restorative. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, ATLI 9, 1860, IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. THE GALWAY LEVER CONTRACT. The report of the Canadian Government having become the purchasers of the Galway line, subsidy and all, is, fortunately for the shareholders, all but an accomplished fact. This piece of agreeable in telligence is thus announced in the Mail of last night : " Attempts have been made to throw doubts upon the account we gave on Wednesday of the nature of the arrangements in contemplation with a view to the winding up of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam ship Company. Our statement was nevertheless in the main correct. The bargain is a little more fa vourable for the shareholders than we believed it to be, inasmuch as the sum of £200,000, agreed to be taken by the directors of the company from the Canadian Government, is intended to be a conside tion for the postal contract with the British Go vernment only. It is exclusive of the value of the old and new ships, and of any other contract or property belonging to the company. The sale must be approved by tile shareholders, and sanctioned by the British Government and Parliament before it can be confirmed. It was clearly understood to he a condition of the bargain that the Canadian Government should guarantee all the commercial advantages which the company proposed to confer upon Galway and Ireland. We still hold to our for mer opinion that this arrangement is not a bad one under the circumstances. More money might pos sibly have been got by holding out; and this was the opinion of some of the more respectable of the directors. It is not to be forgotten, however, that the company is now in close grips with great com mercial difficulties, with the determined hostility of the Post-office, and with a large amount of origi nal sin of its o wn. If money and a respectable Irish direction were in the category of possibilities, we would give our voice against concession." THE IRISII BRIGADE IN ROME. The Nation of this day publishes in its second edition a letter from Rome, giving a full and suit able account of the affray which took place in the Eternal City on the 27th of June between the Papal troops and a portion of the Irish Brigade, enlisted for the purpose of maintaining the Pope's autho rity against all his enemies. Subjoined is the more material portion of the ation's version of the royal row:— " We had a row on Wednesday evening, which has been the great topic in Rome during the last two days. A young man named Laffan, very re spectable, and nicely educated, but with not very much discretion, not being satisfied with the posi tion of full private' (being like a namber of those who seem to have expected officers' commissions to be as plentiful as berries), put off his uniform, and turned out in plain clothes. The officer in com mand, Mr. Howley, ordered him to put on his uni form. He refused. Lieut. Howley ordered him to be arrested, and called on a sergeant named Wise man to arrest him. The latter, who was close by, and seems to have had some partiality for Laffan, instead of obeying the order, hailed some men at hand to assist in resisting the execution. Others of the battalion, however, most properly, with alacrity turned out to arrest the insubordinates. These ran off and took refuge in the Irish College. Some French officers, not aware of the rglits of refuge, wanted to enter and arrest the men. The college authorities refused to permit this, and the time bor rowed thus in representations, &c., allowed the temper of all parties to cool, and Laffan and Wise man heartily to repent of their conduct as an offence not merely against military discipline, bat against the credit of their native country. So they one and all gave themselves up quietly that evening. Mean time the barracks where the Battalion of St. Patrick is stationed was the scene of the greatest tumult, on hearing that some of the men had acted in such a manner as I have described—some saying this, some saying that—some furiously calling for prompt chastisement on those few who had as they asserted, brought disgrace on the brigade and on Ireland, and given a handle to their enemies ; others, on the other hand, palliating the conduct of the malcontents, and censuring the great strict. ness of drill and discipline ordered by General Lamoriciere. The Irish crowded in groups, ex citedly discussing the whole affair, the crowd being swelled by Swiss and French idlers, all waiting to see the upshot of affairs ; and at the eross roads, as well as at the Palazzo Aldobrandini, there were crowds of Romans looking on in amazement at what all the noise was about. By this time several officers of the battalion began to arrive on the spot from various parts of the city, and they instantly ordered the men back to their barracks. The men obeyed grumbingly, as the curiosity of all was greatly excited, and they wanted to learn the re sult of the affair. By singular and most fortunate chance that very evening, by the train from Civita Vecchia, who should arrive but the Major of the Irish Battalion—Mr. Miles W. O'Reilly, of Knock abbey Castle. He barely reached the hotel from the terminus when he heard of what was going on, and off he hurried to the barracks. He came up at the moment while the Irish were all gathered together outside the barracks, about to enter it. He instantly ordered the men to fall in, and put them through their drill, and made them a brief but beautiful address.. You never saw any change so sudden and complete. The men became as docile and contented as possible, and everything wore a most cheering appearance, when a deplorable inci dent changed the aspect of affairs. At the end of the file next the barrack entrance there was a stoat athletic Irishman. I forgot to tell you there is one division of Belgians and Romans in the same barracks as our men. The Belgian officer in com mand had, at the very first outbreak of the row, drawn up his men under arms in front of the bar racks. This gave great offence to the Irish, who felt indignant at being, as they thought, guarded over by Belgians, and the man I have alluded to kept saying, with bitter excitement, to his com rade, Look at these fellows ; they would sell the Pope and join Garibaldi in the morning, and look at them with their bayonets like sentries to terrify us: `The thing seemed to sting bitterly, and the moment Major O'Reilly gave the order to right about face, this private passionately dashed at the nearest of the Belgians or Romans, and with one blow of his fist between the eyes laid the poor fellow kicking and sprawling in the dust, to the utter amazement and horror of every one. The Belgian officer, with sad lack of discre tion, instantly gave the words, Prime and load — make ready—present—fire.' O'Reilly rushed for ward, and putting himself brte een the muzzles of the guns and the position of the Irish, in a voice of thunder countermanded the rash and terrible order. It was a moment of painful excitement. At, O'Reilly's voice of thunder—though having so re cently arrived he was personally unknown—the Belgians held the levelled guns, but pulled no trig ger, then O'Reilly ordered his men once more into line ; but by this time out poured every Irishman in the barracks, and a strange scene ensued—the Irish, however, merely desiring to disarm the others —wresting away the guns, twisting the bayonets off like twigs, and tossing them is the air by dozens. The Belgian officer drew his sword and made a stroke at an Irishman, which, however, wounded him but very slightly. This was the first actual blow struck. On this another Irish man flung a stone at the officer, which missed him, but hit one of his men. These, nstwithstanding the serious nature of the whole affair, proved to be the only blows given throughout. O'lteilly's tact, energy, and presence of mind were above all praise. Ile soon, assisted by his officers, succeeded in bring ing them to obedience, and in a few minutes had order once more restored, and by 9 o'clock every thing was as orderly as if nothing had occurred. Upon all this I must make one observation. One of the evils always and inevitably attendant on volunteering is here seen. Men seem to imagine that because they volunteer they must in a measure be their own masters, and dictate, and choose, and criticise instead of obeying discipline. The Irish here display this exacting spirit. They underrate all others, and imagine that they must be treated in a special manner. In a special manlier, no doubt, they will eventually be treated, in so far as to be de eme d t h e 3 crack' brigade of It. 1 • , for already marked them out quicki . ortba c t y of ; e but Lamoriciereoltt their at i r special treatment is specially strict drill and discipline. Lamoriciere sees that that is all they require to be the first soldiers in E uro pe. This, however, is not the taste olmauy among them, espe cially the young officers, who cannot at all under stand or stomach lAmoriciere's order, that they must (French fashion) take their place in the ranks till they learn their drill, &c., reserving for them, of course, however, their positions as officers. In my opinion the C o mmander-in. Chief looks on the Irish Brigade as a man would on a young horse of incom parable mettle and bottom, needing, however, great trouble to break in, hut, if once broken in, worth. a stuff. Of 1,500 out here, only 40 sheao:ee beeno f or i n ary rejected on presenting theinselves for pp rolment. Some navvies f rom You g hal modestly asked I:14 bounty, and 2s. a-day. Of course they were spurned. gurne ttO mon from Limerick seem to have come out in the same Then, in all about arc the only mereettariee tbat have rea.alled this country from Ireland." pospot, ELECTION. The Abereorn interest iu th.p puunty has pre vailed. Mr. Stewart ha 3 quietly sueoutubed, and Lord Hamilton will walk 9Vcr the course. KIDNAPPINO. Another ease of alleged kidnapping—this time " at the other side"—came before Mr. justice Hayes yesterday in chambers, in the form of an applica tion for a writ of habeas tr.:opus. The facts are these : " Mr. Dowse moved for a wait of habeas corpus to bring up the body of a boy named Win. Diver, ho was alleged to he in illegal custody. The facts upon which the application was grounded was stated in the affidavit of Win. Diver, the father of the person who is alleged to be in custody. The affi davit stated that the boy Wm. Diver would be 14 years of age in October next ; that his mother was dead, and that he bad an only sister named Mary Jane ; that the father was a tradesman, and being obliged to go about from place to place, kept his two children at lodgings, and paid ls. Bd. a week for William ; that William went into the employment of a person named Wilson, resid ing near Ballyshannon, county Donegal ; that Wilson was a Protestant, but had never attempted to interfere with the religion of the boy, whose father and mother were both Roman Catholics, in whose religion William had been always reared ; that William Diver left Mr. Wilson's service, and went, without his father's consent, to the house of a person named Jennings, and that his father heard that Jennings was bringing him up as a Protestant, and sending him to the Protestant church ; that the father went to Jennings' house and demanded his son, but Jennings said he would not give him up until May-day; that the father went hack on old May-day (the 12th), and ngain demanded his son, and that Jennings, his son, and his wife refl:ed to give the boy up, and put him into a room ; that the father then went to the magistrates and got a sum mons to have the boy delivered up, but the magis trates said they had no jurisdiction, and refused to entertain the summons ; that the Rev. Messrs. Kincaide and Crookshanks, Protestant clergymen, attended before the magistrates, and asked the father not to interfere with the boy; that the father persisted in demanding his son, but that the parties refused to give him up, and that he was still in Jennings' house. Counsel referred to Alicia Race's case to show that until the boy was 14 years of age the father was the guardian and entitled to his custody. lie also said there was no pretence that the boy was kept in custody, on the ground that his term of service had not expired. " Mr. Justice Hayes gave a peremptory order for a mandamus, to be returnable early next week, before the first judge of the Queen's Bench, who would be easily accessible." without complicating it by propositions the truth of which few persons would be ready to concede, and which if once admitted would inevitably lead to a reaction, and very likely end in depriving the Peers of the power to render a similar service in future. With the result as it stands we, at least, have no reason to be displeased. Large as is the interest which the Times has in the abolition of the Paper Duty, we have always felt that the present was a most inopportune moment for the change. We have painted out again and again that the demands of the Imperial Treasury were so urgent as to render any wilful and deliberate sacrifice of revenue some thing little short of a crime against the public inte rest, and we have steadily maintained that in avert ing the great calamity likely to be brought upon the nation by Mr. Gladstone's finance the House of Lords was doing no more than its duty. We have thus once more had the opportunity of proving to Mr. Bright and Mr. Gladstone howlittlethey know of the real opinions and wishes of the country, in whose name they perpetually presume to speak. Mr. Bright, if he is capable of learning anything from experience, must at lust have learnt that it is quite sufficient for him to come forward as the advocate of any course of action in order to insure its repudiation by the great mass of his fellow countrymen. Mr. Gladstone must have learnt that he is not in a position to direct the storm of public obloquy against the Government of which he is a member, and may conclude his retrospect of the transactions of the week with the not very com fortable reflection that he and his policy have been most emphatically censured by a large majority in the House of Peers and by an union of both par ties in the House of Commons.— limes. THE PULLINGER FRAUDS. (From the Times' Money Article.) The report of the Union Bank of London, prepa ratory to the annual meeting on Wednesday, was issued on Saturday morning. ' It contains little more than a recapitulation of facts already known. Out of the £263,125 stolen by Pullinger, £11,116 has been recovered, leaving the total loss £252,009, which is to be met in the manner orignally pro posed—namely, by the reserve fund of £100,852, the writing off of £120,000 from capital, and the appropriation of £31,157 from the cur rent profits of the year just ended. As those pro fits have amounted to £124,563, there will remain sufficient to pay a dividend of 12s. per share for the last six months, and to carry over £3,406 to the next account. With the dividend and bonus paid in January-, the proprietors will thus have received 121 per cent. for the year on their capital of £720,000. Henceforth the capital will stand at £600,000. As far as the interests of the share holders are concerned, the most important state ment is, that, notwithstanding the recent event the number of customers of the bank exhibits an increase since the report of last year. As regards .the directs and manager, it is satisfactory to notice that the manager is shown—as every one acquainted with him must have anticipated would be the case —to have practised no concealment whatever re garding the transaction entered into on the Stock Exchange by his relatives, Messrs. Scrimgeour, for Pullinger, and that the withholding of it from the Stock Exchange Committ ee was a course adopted by the directors on the grounds which, if they ad mit of discussion, will, at all events, be regarded with approval by a large proportion of scrupulous persons. The question remains for the proprietors, "Is any one to be punished ?" For punishment to be demanded there must have been some unusual moral lapse. We do not punish people for unpre meditated disasters. Now, the present loss may have been brought about either by wilful over-confidence in an undeserving individual, or by a reckless ne glect of duty, or by incompetence, and, in either of these circumstances, some distinct censure and remedy would be called for. Thus far, however, there is nothing to support any one of these charges. The case of Pullinger, after '2l years' service, was different from that of Redpath or of Robson, the first of whom had been a few years previously dis charged from employment in a public company and used to avow that he had made a fortune by gam bling, while the latter was notorious for theatrical and other extravagances on a salary of about £l5O per annum. Again, as to reckless neglect of duty, there are perhaps few business men in London who are not convinced that the fulfilment of his duty to the Union Bank has been the ceaseless thought of the manager. Whether the directors have neglected their duty and thrown upon him any point of detail which he trusted them to fulfil is a matter upon which he must testify, Next, as to the supposition of incompetence. The history of the Bank thus far affords an answer on that head. The value of each share on which £lO has been paid was increased to £3O by the existing management, and is still £24 10s., and a concern which pays good dividends for more than 20 years, and after allowing for all losses stands at 150 per cent. premium, cannot be consi dered to have been in hands that were unfit to under take it. We may assume, consequently, that the case is not one of moral wrong either as regards wilful or reckless neglect, or the arrogant ignorance of under taking functions without the necessary qualifica tions. No ground for vindictive emotions would, therefore, appear to exist, Nevertheless, it will not do to let the affair pass as an " inscrutable" misfor tune, arising as the jargon runs, from " causes be yond control." There are no "causes beyond con trol," and when any mischief occurs it is from neglect of proper control somewhere. The duty of those who suffer is to recognise and admit their mistakes, and to make every possible use of the experience pain fully enforced upon them. If the friends of the directors and manager of the Union Bank should be so ill-advised as to attempt to represent that these gentlemen are not to blame it will be a great offence. They are deeply to blame, and it is just upon the degree in which they show themselves conscious of that fact that their real character may be estimated. They do not deserve additional punishment because they have not planned or intended any wrong, but events do not spring from chance, and they may rely that without grave faults of omission and com mission on their part the Pullinger frauds would never have happened. Let them instead of endea vouring to find excuses, exercise themselves in fixing upon those faults, and they will thus make the best amends that can be required. If they are at a loss to commence the self-examination, they may ask how it was they failed to detect that Pullinger was unworthy of his place. Pullinger must have been Pullinger all his life, and could have had no honesty but what was superficial. The casual daily expressions of such a man—even his very manner— must afford abundant signs, if not for suspicion, at least for a holding back of confidence; and it will be a great gain when public morality is sufficiently advanced to bring steady quali ties into appreciation and to prevent that selection, now so frequent, of the boldest and most assuming, yet pliable rogue to ride over men of solid abilities and independent feeling. Annexed is the report to be submitted. The above remarks are applicable to the facts already known, but it is right to mention that reports are current to the effect that attention was called to Pullinger,'s proceedings almost at their commencement, with no result except that of bringing subordinates into dis grace ; also that some clear and stringent clauses in the deed of settlement with respect to periodical audits have been habitually disregarded. These charges, it is said, will be distinctly introduced at the meeting on Wednesday. Whether they can or c tnnot be substantiated, the proprietors may be urged to recollect that the future standing and 7;i31- fare of the bank depc nds upon an absence on their part of all attempts to slur over any irregularities, and that it is essential therefore that every one should not only be allowed a patient hearing, but should be encouraged and thanked for calling atten tion openly to whatever may yet seem to require explanation : " UNION BANK OP LONDON.—rIEPORT TO BE SUBMITTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, ON WEDNES DAY, THE 11TH OP JULY, 1860. . _ _ "The directors submit tho accounts of the business of the bank for the yoar ending 30th Tune, from which it will be seen that, after payment of all charges, and including the sum of £122 brought forward from the last yearly ac count, the profits amount to 1124,563. " The extent and nature of the frauds committed on the bank by W. G. Pullinger, the late chief cashier, have been the subject of a report issued immediately after their dis covery, and of a oiroular more recently addressed to them ; but it now becomes the duty of the directors to furnish the details of the defalcations, as they have been traced in the course of the investigation, which has occupied the constant attention of the directot•', " The precise amount of the frauds is now ascertained to be 1.263,125,.which represents the difference between the balctuea shown to be due by the Dank of England to this bank in its own books, and the amount which appeared to be duo to it by the hocks of the Bank of England; and the investigation of the directors shows that this sum has been disposed in the manner following:— Sums credited to fourstockbrolgia, ,i t their accounts current wi,tl this bank, which were not rdepi-,•,;)41 , £81,058 18 0 Smug c•iedited in same way to hulllP:a broker (Nathan) .... Sums credited in the mune 1 7:ty to two other pergsss, eustoresrs of the bank (Thornhill and I'nri) Sums reeeivta from the counter cashiers to take up bills, but not so applied Sums creditedto various parties, and sup posed to be in checks handed to the counter cashiers, but afterwards with drawn by Pullinter, and not presented for payment Amount of gold charged as paid to the Bank of England, but not received by it (small amounts of which were abstracted in coin, but the bulk of it is believed to have been exchange:l for notes in the afbe) 57,559. 3 2 1,543 15 0 25,463 10 8 83,100 0 0 £263,125 6 110 " Of this amount, £117,274 los. 2d. has been traced payments to members of the Stock Exchange, and is sup posed to represent losses sustained by Pullinger in time bargains. The investigation also shows that £62,799 6s. 2d. has been traced to ,the bullion broker referred to, who is known to have been largely engaged with Pullin g er in speculative operations, but was not a memb er o f th e Stock Exchange. "These sums, amounting together to £187,074, leave £83,051 not yet traced to parties as having received it. " It is now known that Pullinger had an interest in cer tain racehorses, and that he had betted largely on races ; but nothing has transpired to throw any doubt upon his statement that only a small portion of the mon. y lost in that way. _ _ " It will be seen by the acermiappended to this report that the directors have real,. cd £11,116 from property of various kinds that be), mged to Pullinger ; and, though they have taken the de course of assuming the balance as a loss, they can ;issue,: the proprietors that the subject engages their constant attention, and that no steps are neglected which may lead to the further recovery of property. " In their circular letter of the Bth of June the directors informed the proprietors that they had been engaged in a close examination of the system of checks existing in the bank, and had in some departments introduced others which they trusted would prove effectual safeguards against any repetition of fraud; and the result has been to insure the greatest stringency in the administration of the office. It would be impossible to make the effect of these regulations clear to those not conversant with the daily working and necessarily complicated operations of a bank ; but they are based on an extension of the present system of double re sponsibility—that is, of each operation of one clerk requir ing the check of another, end on a 7 otation of duties by the clerks in certain departments, whereby the accounts kept by one clerk are from time to time transferred to another clerk. THE BESo :LUTIoNs'oN PRECEDENTS The session of 1860 seems destined to be memor able for the changes it has seen, the delusions it has dissipated, and the principles it has established. It opened with no feeble promise for the success of the Radical school of politicians. Powerfully re presented in the Cabinet, possessed of the depart ments which regulate the finance and watch over the trade of the country—supported outside by a body in Parliament which, although not very nume rous, could count among its members one great orator and several promising speakers, and having the presumption in its favour that the people of England would be sure to range themselves on the side of the most democratic policy, Radicalism seems to have fairer prospects than ever, perhaps, it had before. At first everything favoured its as pirations; the Budget was introduced in a speech ' of transcendent power, and the country was induced to believe that in a Commercial Treaty with France we had found the antidote against all future wars, the lucrative and agreeable substitute for ships and soldiers, for rifles and cannon. For a moment the martial spirit of the nation flagged for a moment it was believed that Mr. Cobden had charmed to sleep the restless spirit of aggression which broke forth so fearfully last year on the banks of the Po and the Mincio. It was but for a moment. The annexation of Savoy dispersed these brief delusions of the public mind, and brought us back face to face once more with the stern reality of things. The nation began to arm, the Treaty was allowed to take its course, and thus melted away the first great dream of 1860—the dream of an enormous extension of commerce and perpetual peace. Then came the Reform Bill. We were told that public Men were deeply pledged to this measure — that it would redress the inequalities of our Con stitution, and, by establishing it on a broader foundation, give our Government that stability it so much needs. Oa the altar of Reform, Radi calism sacrificed its favourite nostrum of electoral districts and household or universal suffrage, content to gain an instalment of what it desired. But the country perceived that the faults of our system, whatever they may be, would be exagge rated, instead of diminished, by such a change as was proposed, and the Reform Bill fell under cir cumstances of so much ignominy as to leave but very indifferent prospects for its successor. Still there was hope. The Budget of Mr. Gladstone aimed a deadly blow against the balance between direct and indirect taxation. The Peers saw the oppor tunity of s'indicating their own position, expressing the will of the nation, and directing a heavy cen sure against the author of this financial revolution. A Money Bill was rejected which, if not the key of the whole Budget—for we believe it was an addi tion tacked on after the scheme was complete —was, at any rate, a very important portion of it. The hopes of Radicalism revived once elem. Here at last was a breach between the two Houses, an op portunity for still further humbling and lowering the non-elective portion of Parliament, and thus increasing the influence of the unreformed House of Commons, which it would in its turn hand over to its regenerated successor. The result of these anticipations the week that has just passed by has witnessed. The Resolutions that were proposed by the Prime Minister were not in themselves of any great importance ; they were the result of compromise, and by their vagueness and their platitudes probably conciliated a support which would have been denied to more clear and logical propositions. Lord Palmerston, no doubt, intro duced these Resolutions with the consent of his own Government, and he received by virtue of that consent their unanimous support ; but the speech in which he proposed these Resolutions was of a very different character, and may, indeed, very possibly, form an epoch in our constitutional history. Although professedly based on ancient precedent, the speech took up essentially new ground with regard to the House of Lords. For centuries the language of the House of Com mons, whenever any dispute has arisen as to the limits of the jurisdiction of the two branches of the Legislature, has been that of angry and even menacing remonstrance. The tradition had not died out of the days in which the Commons alone • were the bulwark of the liberties of England, (slid • when every attempt to check the increase of their power was treated with an asperity corresponding to the harshness with which every success against the popular party was abused. But Lord Palmer ston spoke a different language—the language of moderation and conciliation, dictated by the con sciousness of power, and by a consequent in difference as to its forms and trappings. The speech, it must be confessed was not so much an assault upon, as a vindication of the conduct of the Lords, containing the most express admission of their legal right, and very doubtfully and vzry slightly impugning the manner in which they had exercised it. Something. at any rate, there was in it which proved too much for the irri table nerves of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Not being exactly able, according to the rules of official decorum, to attack the head of the Govern ment to which he belotir , s, Mr. Gladstone astonished the House of Coin monsly a violent attack upon the Opposition for tamely acquiescing in the inactive course proposed to them by Lord Palmerston. Ile could not by name censure the head of the Govern ment, so he was driven to indemnify himself by censures against those who did what the head of the Government wished them. The debate flashed up again from its embers, and the prospects of the Radicals once more seemed to brighten, but the only remarkable result was the eliciting from Mr. Horsman a speech which will probably be remembered in future times, as maiking the ex treme point to which the tide of Liberalism receded (luring the days of the great reaction of 1860. So extravagant were Mr. Horsman's positions, so en tirely did he overlook or neglect the established precedents and doctrines upon which the position of the House of Lords with reference to the House of Commons is founded, that he overshot the wishes and opinions not only of the Tories, but probably of the Peers themselves, who must have listened with sonic dismay to an orator claiming on their behalf privileges and immunities which, if they were the law of the land, as they happily are not, could not possibly be tolerated, and must be almost the im mediate cause of proceedings more or less revolu tionarf. The people of this country believe that tlielo and thisuseof Peers withouteershasust rendered them a groat service, ovtrstepping the limits of the powers granted to them by the Con stitution ; - but they are not prepared, with Mr. l torsman, to separate the plea a of repre sentation and electioh, or to admit that it is the duty of the House of Peers to audit the public a es:vomits and control the inlblic We have not been slow to justify what the P , "Yrs have dote while the quest lea was yet doubtful, and we shall not draw back from that opinion now that our viou:ofl!to-hYee mouse eeila‘ o tl f r f;s l i o l n 1 tz t c e a o r ti d !m b a y t o a n m l a t3i o a . (sty unprscedently large. But we have been care ful to justify our opinion on the ground that the Peers' act was strictly legal, and the opeasion su c h as to render tilpiv ilitdrpslo(lll dpsirable, and not on any assumed equality between the Lords and Cora ryons in their right to deal with gliestions of Miance. It is enough to justify the ease on its own merits, " The investigation has, of course, been extended to al the accounts of each depaitment ; and, after the most rigor ous examination, the directors can speak with confidence as to the entire accuracy of all the accounts; and they feel satisfied that the system now in operation is sufficient and effectual in all respects. " The extent of the defaloation and the simplicity of the course adopted by Pullinger tend to increase the responsi bility which the knowledge acquired after the event may cast upon the manager's department, but the directors be lieve that no proprietor can forget that Mr. Scrimgeour has been the faithful and zealous manager of the bank since its establishment, and that during his management it has at tained its present magnitude and high position. No pro prietary was ever served with more disinterestedness and energy, and the directors feel assured i hat those services, which the proprietors have acknowledged from year to year, cannot be forgotten on the first reverse which the •bank has experienced. " The Stock-Exchange Committee, in their repert of sth June, complain that ' the directors led the public to infer that the enormous sum of £263,000, embezzled by the delin quent clerk, had been lost by him in speculations on the Stock-Exchange,' while a loss of 'only £53,285 has been traced on account of speculative transactions carried on through members of the Stock-Exchange.' The directors consider that their statement—' it now appears that ho (Pullinger) had been engaged in an extensive system of time-bargains on the Stock-Exchange' is fully borne out by the figures in this report, supported by the resolution of the Committee of the Stock-Exchange, censuring Messrs. Bell and Ball ' for having transacted speculative business to a most reckless extent for Pullinger,' and they do not 'think it warrants the inference drawn from it by that com mittee. "The directors give full credit to the Committee of the Stock-Exchange for their desire to enforce the strict obser vance of their regulation against transacting speculative business for clerks in public and private establishments, as well as for their anxiety for the reputation of their associa tion ; but, admitting it to be true that only a portion of the money stolen has been discovered to have been lost on the Stock-Exchange directly through members of that body there can be no doubt that the bulk of the defalcations has been lost 'through an extensive system of time bargains,' although all those operations were not conducted by mem bers of the Stock-Exchange. " The Committee of the Stock-Exchange also complain of the directors withholding from them their knowledge, that MessrS. Scrimgeour and Co., the brokers of the bank, had carried on a speculative account for Pullinger, while they furnished information to that effect as regards four other members of the Stock-Exchange. " Shortly after the discovery Of the frauds Messrs. Scrimgeour and Co. informed the manager, for the first time, that they had had o ne t ransac ti on with ' Pullinger which was the purchase of £5,000 Turkish stock in July, 1356—which they had continued without charging any brokerage till the 16th of March, 1860, having treated it as an act of courtesy towards a person they had known for many years, holding a confidential position in the bank of which they were the brokers ; and as there was no regula tion of the Stock-Exehange against brokers dealing with clerks at the time the purchase was effected, their attention was not drawn to the rule as applicable to this case. " The manager at once reported this communication to the directors, who received it with equal surprise and dis approbation. " The directors furnished the committee with all informa- tion traced by them in the course of their investigations ; and, if they had thus discovered any connexion whatever between Pullinger and Messrs. Scrimgeour an 1 Co., they would have reported it to the committee, as they reported his connexion with other stockbrokers, as soon as it became known to them ; but they had no knowledge of this trans action except from the voluntary statement of Messrs. Scrimgeour and Co. ; and the directors felt, and still feel, that they would not have been justified in making such a use of a spontaneous statement of facts of which the direc tors could have had no cognisance in any other way. In accordance with their report of April 24th last, the directors have appropria ted towards meeting these frauds the reserve fund, which has realised £100,851 15 10 Now proposed to re-debit capital account wiliti amount carried last year to credit of that account from reserved fund Balance to be paid out of profits of the year 31,156 16 2 120,000 0 0 • £252,008 12 0 " This course will provide for a dividend of 12s. per share for the last six months, making, with the dividend and bonus paid in January last, a total payment for the year of 12 per cent, on the capital of £720,000, and leaves an un appropriated balance of £3,496 to be carried forward to profit and loss account of next year. " The accounts now presented show the results of the operations of the past year, and attest the extent and highly profitable state of the business. Notwithstanding the heavy loss sustained, the number of customers of the bank, as well as of proprietors, has considerably increased, while the amount of the bank's balance-sheet, now submitted, exceeds the amount shown on the 31st of December last. " The state of the business at the several branches is, in all respects, satisfactory and remunerative. "The directors have now laid before the proprietors all the information they possess. They had hoped that, on the 21st anniversary meeting, the hitherto uninterrupted pros perity of the bank would have been the subject of unmixed congratulation, and they cannot adequately express their regret that their expectations have not been fulfilled. They believe that by the course they now unanimously recom mend for adoption the permanont interests of the bank will be best combined with the immediate convenience of the shareholders. Severe as the loss is (and to none more than to the directors, as among the largest holders of the stock), it is satisfactory to be able to refer to the balance-sheet now presented as unquestionable.evidence of the present prospe rous position of the bank, and as confirming the anticipa tions of the directors and the surplus profits of a few years will replace all that has been lost, and that the future will be marked by the same prosperity which, with this solitary exception, has attended the past. "In February last Mr. Wight, the able and highly re • spected manager of the Charing-cross branch, resigned that office in order to join a mercantile firm as a partner; and the directors have appointed in his room, Mr. John St. Baroe, who held for seven years a confidential appointment in the Bank of England. " The following directors retire under the provisions of the deed of settlement—viz., Major. General Matheson, Archibald Boyd, Esq., and Charles Lyall, Esq. • and Ar chibald B o yd, E sq ., an d Ch ar l es Ly a ll, Esq., offer them selves, and are recommended by the Court, for re-election. Fleetwood Pelle w Wilson, Esq., of George-yard, Lombard street, a duly qualified proprietor, has given notice of his intention to become a candidate for the office of director a^ this meeting. " By order of the Court, H. NEWMARCII, Secretary, " 2, Princes-street, Mansion-house, July 4, 1860." THE UNION BANK OF LONDON TOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1860. GENERAL BALAI,;cE. LIABILITIES. s. d. 720,000 0 0 Paid up capital of the batik Due by the bank on current accounts, deposit receipts (including interest accrued), and other obligations 9,740,548 9 , Rebate on bills not due Balance at credit of No& and loss 124,563 14 6 D 0,595,005 13. 3 ASSETS. ` y ASSETS. in the bank ls 1 De. in Bank of Fliigland ;,,:i,b7l 14 2 Ditto lent at call 1,052,020 0 0 £2,075,83912 3 Investmer.A in Government Stock, Ex chequor-bills, City Bomb, Debentures, • & - c. Balk premises, consisting of freehold buildings in Princes-street, Mansion house-street, Argyll-place, and Fleet street, and lease and fixtures of No. 4, • Pall-mall East 108,775 4 5 Loans, bills discounted, &c., including the balance at the debit of the late chief cashier 7,319,411 13 2 Dividend and bonus declared on the 11th of January, 1860 54,000 0 0 £10,595,00513 3 PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT. LIABILITIES. Amount_ of _the frauds of the £ 8. d. .0 s. d . . . late chief cashier . : 263,125 610 ..... Less amount realised out of his property 952,008 12 0 3,406 18 4 Balance carried to next year ---- L 255,415 10 4 ASSETS Profit unappropriated on Juno 30, 1859 Amount of net profit of the year ending June 30, 1860 124,441 14 00 124,563 14 6 122 0 6 Out of which a dividend and bonus was declared on Jan 11, 1860 C 4 0 00 0 0 And it is now proposed to de clare another dividend 'of 0 0 90,000 0 0 12s. per share 56 10 6 Amount proposed to be reser ved £34 100,8513 1154 Proceeds of reserved f urd realised Amount proposed to be debited to capital ac count to meet the frauds of the late chief cashier £255,415 10 4 SUICIDE BY A SOLDlER.—Yesterday morning a private of the Gth battalion Military Train Corps, stationed at Woolwich, proceeded to one of the garrison stables and shot himself through the head in a most de ~ermined manner, the skull of the unfortunate man being shattered to atoms. The deceased had been some years in the service, and no cause can be assigned for the rash act. TILE CIVIL SERVICE. • War-office.—Major-General William Frederick Forster has been appointed military secretary to the Commandor-in-Chief, in succession to Lieut.- General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.8., resigned- 6 salary, £2,000 ; Assistant-Commissary-General Wil liam Le Mesurier has been appointed Deputy-Com missary -General, vice Mends, deceased; Assistant- Commissary-General John Sainsbury Davenport has been 'appointed Deputy-Commissary-Ganerab vice Williams, retired. The Admiralty.—Mr. William Coming has been appointed a dockyard clerk, and passed his examination. Law Depart ment. —A vacancy in thd Marlborough -street police court has been created by the retirement of Mr. Peregrine .Bingham, senior magistrate; Mr. F. A. Carrington, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of Woking ham. Customs—Mr. Henry Coxwell has been pro moted from the third to the second class of clerks in the secretary's department, London ; Mr. James P. Midlane, late supernumerary clerk, has been pro moted to be 18th clerk in the Receiver-General's office, London ; INIr. Henry W. Dobell, late Assis tant. Controller-General, has been promoted to be Controller-General, London ; Mr. Robert G. Had. senior principal clerk, hai been promoted to be Assistant Controller-General, London ; Mr. W. H. Dickinson, first-class clerk, has been promoted. to be a principal clerk, Controller-General's office, London ; Mr. A. White, second-class clerk, has . been promoted to the first•class, Con troller-General's-office, London ; Mr. H. J. Gard ner, third-class clerk, has been promoted to the se cond class, Controller-General's-office, London. The following gentlemen have retired from the service on the reduction of the establishment of the secre ary's office—viz., Messrs. W. B. Hunt,A. L. Tolle- mache, J. Neale, G. Maltby, and R. H. G. F.Pigott. Inland Revenue Department.—Accountant and Controller-General's-office Messrs. Charles S. Hawthorne and Frederick Gripper, assis tants to the late Accountant and Control ler-General, and Mr. Wm. M. Maxon, surveying general examiner, of the first class, have been appointed chief accountants of inland revenue. Mr. Frederick Livermore, first-class clerk, has been promoted to be a principal accountant, vice J. Price, superannuated. Messrs. Hugh Tweedy and J. G. Le Guay have been promoted from the second to the first class, Messrs. Henry W. Higgins and Richard Incledon have been promoted from the third to the second class. Messrs. W. B. Garrett and Fredk. R. Meynell have been promoted from the fourth to the third class. Messrs. Louis W. Levien and J. K. Punshon have been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class. Inspector's Depart ment.—Mr. Ewd. Hyde has been appointed chief inspector; Mr. F. B. Garnett has been appointed assistant to the chief inspector. Excise Branch.— Mr. Hugh M‘Firlan, officer of Stirling second divi sion, Stirling collection, has been appointed to Edin burgh fourth division, Edinburgh collection ' • Mr. Norman Smith, offi cer o f H a l tw hi s tl e Rid e , New castle collection, has b een a pp o i n t e d t o Stirling second division, Stirling collection ; Mr. Thomas Wallis, officer of Llangollen division, Wales North collection, has been appointed to Wands worth first division, Surrey collection. Mr. Charles Delany, officer of Wandsworth first division, Surrey collection, has been appointed to Llangollen division, Wales North collection. ' Ireland.—The office of District Inspector of National School& has become vacant by the retire , went of Mr. P. Quinlan ; Mr. Patrick Maxwell has been appointed solicitor to the Commissioners for Charitable Donations and Bequests ; Mr. John ' B. Greene, stipendiary magistrate, has been ordered to take charge of the Clonakilty district, in the F county of Cork.—Civil Service Gazette. t: 0 UNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH-JULY 7. To-day's market was only thinly attended, and the wheat trade was in a most inactive state. White wheat 60s to 65s I Red wheat 56s to 60, Malting barley.... 428 to 46s I Chevalier barley 34s to 40s Distilling do.. ....25 8 t o 278 1 Oats.. 24s to 28s Flour, 36s to 408 Od per sack from the miller. CAMBRIDGE-JuLy 7. . - There was a middling supply of wheat, and, with an inactive demand in the trade, white moved off at 56s to 595, red, 52s to 56s per 36 stone. There was a small trade in barley to-day; malting, 34s to 40s; grinding, 30s to 348 per 30 stone. Oats at 25s to 28s for new ; old oats, 28s to 295. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale —new, 408 to 445"; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone ; peas, 40s to —s per 36 stone. White cloverseed, 86s to 89s ; red, 46s to 50s per quarter. STAMFORD-JULY 7. We had a fair supply of wheat at yesterday's corn mar ket, which met a slow sale, but last week's rates were well maintained. Wheat s4s to 59s Oats.. ~ 27s to 31 s I White do 56s to 62s Beans 46s to 48i Barley ....32s to 35s I Ditto, old ........46s to 48 LEICESTER-JULY 7. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, in middling condition, and trade heavy. White wheat, 58s to 62s —red, 54s to 58s per 36 stone; a moderate inquiry for barley, grinding, 34s to 36s ; malting, 40s to 46s per qr.; oats, 28s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 50s to 525, new 42s to 46s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 43s I Seconds, 39s I Thirds, 29s per 20 stone. NORTHAMPTON-JULY 7. At this corn-market wheat was in tolerable supply, with a rather easier trade, at about the rates of this day se'nnight, ranging from 57s to 60s for white, and 54s to 58s for red. There was a fair business passing in barley, malting 38s to 445, grinding 35s to 37s per qr. Oats in poor sale, the turn in seller's favour, quoted at 26s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 50s ; peas, 40s to 465. Rye, 36s to 40s; malt, 68 8 t o 72 5; fl our, 33 s t o 37 s per sack. DUBLIN-JULY 6. We have no alteration to report in our corn market since Tuesday except in oats end Indian corn, for both of which there was rather an improved demand to-day at the full currencies of last market. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 33 0 to 3 0 Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l5 oto 15 6 s. d. s. d. Do., new 0 to 0 Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- ampton) .. • • • • • • • . .. July 10. Do. (via Marseilles) July:—. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. Aug. 2. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. .. .. J uly 11. Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. _ .. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) July 19. Do. (via Marseilles) July 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. . , July 10. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. ( v i a S ou th ampton) July 19. Do. (via Marseilles) July 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. July 10. Do. (via M arse ill es ) .. .. Lisbon, Brazils, B uenos A yres, &c. .. .. Aug. July —. 6. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • • • July 11 . Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Julylo. Do. (via Marseilles) .. July —. United States, California, &c. (tia Cork) .. July —. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Tenerife .. July 10 West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. July 14. THE WEATHER IN LONDON.—It is all very well to talk of the romantic aspects of Nature ; but surely since last Easter we have rather desiderated cheerful rooms and bright fires and genial assemblages of hearty people, with curtains drawn, and what is called "Nature" carefully.ex eluded, than any tarrying by waterfalls, or coquetry at night with celestial phenomena. The nightingales have all suffered from sore throats : and some time back when I heard a cuckoo in Richmond Park attempting hie usual monotonous call, it was done in so peevish ama r. that I had not the heart to turn a fourpeen r bi t for luck's sak e . How the people in Covent Garden have g ot th eir flowers it is difficulty to say. I should rath er have ex p e cted to see violets growing at Charing-cross, and primrose s upon Ludgate-hill, than in the few fields and hedge-rows which it has been my misfortune to see during the last few months. —Once a Week. B I It T II S. pots, totsi,lellos;ahl in., at Aldershot, the wife of e Artille r y, o f a d a u g hter. Pi e n o r i P on o e T l s p .— hi o i STANLEY. --On the 4th inst., at Hendon, Middlesex, the wife o f Rear-Admiral Edward Stanley, of twin daugh- ters. TilyNN E .—On the 6th i ns t ., at Surbiton-hill, Mrs. L Tnynue, of a son. WALTER.—Ou the 4th inst., at 37 A, Upper Grosveaor street, the wife of Captain E. Walter, of a son. • MARRIAGES. HEbGER—BEP.CHEY.—On the sth inst., at Plymouth, W. Hedgef, Esq., _ Lieut. 10th Foot, youngest son of the late W. Hedger, Esq., of Surrey, to Charlotte Grantley, the daughter of Captain It. B. Beochey, R.N. WEIIII— METCALPS.—On the 26th inst., at St. George's Hanover - square, 'Captain Daniel Peploe Webb, of the 4th Dragorat Guards, to P,liza Theophila Metcalfe, the Youngest daughter of the late Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, Bart. DEATHS. EDWARDS.—On the 6th inst., at Stanton Lacy, Ludlow, Salop, John Stuart Edwards, Esq., aged 79. HOWELL.—On the 6th inst., at No. 5, Beaumont-street, B. C. Howell, Esq., aged 61. LAPNVORTH.— On the 6th inst., at 2, Stanhope-street, Hyde park-gardens, Alfred Lapworth, Esq., of 22, Old Bond street, aged 67. PIGOTT:jOn the 4th inst., at Greenwich, Captain Robert Pigott, aged 76. SLADE..:—On the sth inst., at Bampton, Oxon, the EON'. J. Sir de, M.A. UNETT.—On tha 6th inst., at The Oaks, Leamington, Co lonel Walter Unott, late of the 3d Light Dragoons, aged 46. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Woo, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, July 9, MO.