The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-17 00:00:00

THEAza HAYMATMET ‘esmee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. THIS —• ""'" -4 (NG the performances will com mence with THE 017 ' 401 NM ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buck atone, Cow iThippendale, Rogers, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, ar a. Wilkins. ' After whF 4 lll Ee new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. Commence at 7. ROYA L PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.-- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TO-NIGHT, THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuocio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with BOWLED OUT. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Mr. A. HARRIS begs to announce that he has entered into an arrangement with the Conapany of ZOI.TAV ES, origi nal founders of the Theatre at Inkerman, during the Crimean War, where, under the enemy's fire, they gained such renown, and have since performed in the principal theatres of France, Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, ConstantiLisbon.nople, Milan, Turin, Bern, Stockholm, Gibraltar, and The ZOUAVES will make their and varied first appe ente aran rtainment. ce in Eng land on Monday, J u ly 23,in a novel The battles in which these Artists an were engaged are Alma, Balac l ava , Inkerman, Malakoff, d Sebastopol. AD ELPHI, NEW THEATRROYAL. E- Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Last 3 Nights of the popular Adelphi drama, "The Flowers of the Forest." 12th week of the favourite American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. TILLS KVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. e Mssrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, Sturt, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell,, Romer ; Miss ßillington Woolgar, K. a Kelly, Mrs. Billington, Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul Bedford and Miss Julia Daly. To conclude with OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs. Eburne, Ward, and Romer. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, IL Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 9s. ; Front Circle Stalls, as. Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, ls ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. PRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. 12 Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. EVERY EVENING. Positively the last Week but Two. TO-NIGHT, LE MOULIN DE BLESINET. Madlle. Marie Basta. And CTIEZ TINE PETITE DAME. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, is. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. • Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. A M STLEY'S ROYAL APFIITHEATRE.- ./.1 Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. In consequence of the continued success another MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on Saturday next, July 21, 1860.—Commence at 2 o'clock. Every evening the entertainments commencing with the Spectacle of FAIR ROSAMOND, Or the AMAZON CRUSADERS, with incomparable Scenes in the Cirque, and a laughable Farce. On MONDAY next, July 23, the popular Spectacle a MAZEPPA will be produced. Douro open at hall-pact 6, performance c o mmence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CONCERTS.- CA NTERB URY HALL THIS EVENING, C. H. GOIJNOD'S OPERA. FAUST: First Time in this Country. Herbert. Faust Mr. Henry rt Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ..... Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, ............Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—Svx OFFICE, JULY 17, 1360. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29. 96 . WIND—South -Westerly; light, with sultry weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, 12h. 54m, To-mounow.-Morning, lh. 21m.—Afternoon, lh. 46m. A N... • 04j1 e____•,., 4t(,,`" ~„.. ~... 17 . 4 . N t, A .N T. - ~ ..,4 . -;; „:-.. .'l4 - „,- -4 _F) - \ :. ' 'ic,,,z;.?4....,./,,t r , 3 ,-,, ~ ,2 . 'P, _ 4.21, 4 .7 g. 't ---s - c - .4.. k "I' •;10 ' ' iii TeilC 6 ' 1, ' 1, Ft; ir ..,,21L,L-N --..,,,, THE• SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1860. Mr. GLADSTONE made the best of a bad business last night. Including nearly half a million due to the Indian Exchequer on account of the last war with China, nearly six millions has to be provided for to square our accounts with JOHN CHINAMAN. It seems hardly credible, but such is the fact, on the authority of Mr. GLADSTONE himself, that our proceedings since the affair of the Taku forts at the mouth of the Peiho, have cost us up to the pre sent time just £5,403,000 ; to this has to be added £450,000, the debt to India just adverted to. 'We are slightly comforted by the information that not quite all this large sum has now to be raised. £850,000 of it were charged upon the income of 1859-60 ; and it is gratifying to know that so buoyant was the revenue of that year that it weathered the charge, floated over it indeed with a surplus. It was entirely met by the produce of taxes, and not out of temporary resources. The taking up of malt credits gave almost a million earlier than usual to the Exchequer ; but, without that aid, the actual revenue was sufficient to pay the China demand for that year. Indeed on the 31st of March the actual surplus of income over expenditure was £1,587,000. We come then to the present year 1860-61. The amount now to be raised is £3,800,000. To meet this Mr. GLADSTONE says, first, there is the £500,000 of taxation provided for in February ; next, L 700,000, the proceeds of the Lords' aggression on the paper duties; next, £1,000,000, which he proposes to raise by increasing the spirit duties to 10s. for home-made spirits, and 103. 2d. for foreign spirits respectively ; to which must be added the small surplus left after ail mistakes are rectified — amounting to £264,000. Adding these sums together, a deficiency remains of £1,336,000, which amount he proposes to take out of the Exchequer balances, these being, he tells us, in a state in which they are well able to bear it. We have thus briefly sketched the leading par ticulars of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's pro posals. The country will probably think he could not have done better, while it will be gratified to be reminded of the elasticity of its ordinary sources of revenue. To have got over the frightful esti mate of nearly six millions, as the cost to us of Chinese treachery and bad fai:tl;i, with only the in fliction of ls. 11d. additional duty on the spirit drinkers of the country, is certainly matter of con gratulation. To be sure we have the mortification, with Mr. GLADSTONE, of having to pocket the insult of the unrepealed paper duties to achieve this ; but for them we should hardly have cleared our way without another penny of in- come tax. And this certainly remin:is us of the assur ance of Mr. GLADSTONE in proposing that extra Penny, when he now skews that he can look confidently for an equivalent amount of revenue I from Spirit duties. We entirely acquit him of an y desi gn to jeopardise the repeal of the paper duties. lie, doubtless, selected inco!re tax as the compensation, because he wished to put the screw on our military and naval expenditure. But had he placed in competition the paper duties, and an addition to the spirit duties, it seems almost cer tain lie would haw., attained his object. Hardly any old or rustic lord could h„., been found, who would have ventured to spare the spirit drinkers, and to retain a " tax" on knowledg e ~,, and, as the event proves, Mr. GLADSTONE might even have made his peace lessons still more impres sive. Had he now to say, " You have chosen war with China, I must have at least one penny in the pound more to pay for it"—Alan- N. ! -. s . Chester would have said to the country—" We told you how it would be ;" and the war would have probably have become much more unpopular than Manchester and Mr. GLADSTONE. All are agreed on one point, that whatever a Alinister can extract from the frequenters of the gin-palace he is heartily welcome to. If he could raise the required amount of revenue by an excise duty which should close the doors of half of them, all would be but too thankful. Of course the smuggler stands in his way, and in reference to the small advance he has made, Mr. GLADSTONE was very properly at pains to ascertain• that illicit distillation would not at the same time rob the revenue of its duty, and demoralise as much as the public sale of gin and whisky at a lower price His reasons appear satisfactory, and will, we hope, prove to be correct ; there seems indeed no reason to doubt it. Anyhow, one breathes more freely, when the result, at present, of the China war is that gin drinkers must drink less or pay more, and that the most unequal and therefore unjust of taxes is not to be augmented to a shilling in the pound. One lesson we shall certainly learn—that this time we really must make a lasting settlement with China. It will not do to allow it to become like an ever-recurring Kaffir war. We are determined to trade with the people of China, who, on their part, are quite ready to trade with us. The Mandarins do not like it ; if they could, they and the Government would shut us out alto gether. We, however, are resolved not to be shut out ; let us then, as we have made up our minds to have the trade open, do the thing effectually. We do not believe there is need for much expenditure of life, though obviously we must spend some money. Chinamen, very wisely, do not think it prudent to stand in the way of cannon-balls ; they hold it no disgrace to shirk facing a shower of grape, or to place themselves in the way of bomb-shells. We agree with those who think that a march on Pekin will now be our cheapest, as it will be our only effectual policy ; and, having achieved this, we had better assuredly confine our diplomatists to the sea coast. Visits to Pekin should be held out only in terrorem to keep a people of matchless cunning to the letter and spirit of their treaties. Anything that yields the faintest promise of throwing new light upon the exact windings of the Nice and Savoy boundary line is peculiarly welcome in anticipation of the approaching Paris Conference. It is a sense of satisfaction to us, there fore, that the House of Lords agreed yesterday to the Marquis of CLANRICARDE'S motion for certain additional papers connected with the treaty of 1815 —papers having particular reference to that im portant line of demarcation. The noble lord's sug gestion, at the time of his bringing on this motion, according to promise, last evening, his intercallary proposal to her MAJESTY'S Ministers, that upon the occasion of the forthcoming Conference, they should seek some assurance from France that this prin- ciple (?) of annexation should not be persisted in along her other (let us suppose, for example, her more northern) frontiers, we regard as— quite another thing. It certainly does appear to us that the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in reply- . ing to this ingenious proposition, exercised very wise discretion when he pronounced himself as of opinion that it would be "inexpedient" to seek any assurance upon this subject from the French Government. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE must be a -very sanguine and a very credulous man, indeed, if he attaches any, even the very smallest, value whatever to assurances upon the subject of annexation coming to us from the French Govern• ment. Had we not the most solemn assurance from that Government that nothing at all of this kind was even in contemplation in regard to Savoy and Nice—at the very time that the annexation of Savoy and Nice to the French Empire was being secretly and deliberately accomplished ? Who would attach any importance or value of the most infinitesimal kind to any future answer that might be extorted from, or volunteered by, the French Government in the matter of annexation ? No one, we suppose--saving and excepting, perhaps, (and of this we cannot but remain doubtful—in spite of the noble lord's suggestion of last evening) —the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. The general feeling, we believe, is one of pro found suspicion in regard to the proposed Confe rence at Paris a Conference designed to reconcile the ninety - second article of the Treaty of Vienna with that Treaty of Turin which, hardly less than the Treaty of Zurich, may be said to have grown out of the armistice of Villa franca. The mere proposal to reconcile or harmo nize that 92d article of the Treaty of Vienna with the whole of the gist or gravamen of the Treaty of Turin is so directly reminiscent of the monstrous duplicity with which Savoy and Nice were absorbed within the elastic boundary line of France after that ostentatious avowal by the EMPEROR of the disinterestedness with which, like a great Political QUIXOTE, he under took to liberate the Italian Peninsula! The Con. ference, in fact (upon that subject), is a reminder that (upon that subject) we were deceived. Wha, enhanced—if anything were required to enhance it —the baseness and turpitude of the whole of this nefarious proceeding, on the part of the French Government, was the fact that, simultaneously with the reiteration of the most solemn assurances that no such acts of annexation were ever medi dated, the Government of NAPOLEON 111. were ela borating a commercial treaty of the most specious kind with the Government of her Britannic MA JESTY, So that at the very time the French Govern ment were slyly, and secretly, and most dishonestly arranging the actual accomplishment of these acts of annexation, it was doing all it possibly could to entrap the English Government in the meshes of a newly-woven network Hof Reciprocity ! Can any one in his senses believe, for an instant, that it was by a mere coincidence that the fact of the transfer of Savoy and Nice from Sardinia to France was made public immediately after the great Financial Statement, in which our Chancellor of the Exche quer revealed the complexities of the Com mercial Treaty, to which England had then for mally pledged herself to the French Government? An unscrupulous and astute ru!er like the reigning Emperor of the French does not trust events of such magnitude, we may rest perfectly well assured, to anything like mere accidental coincidences. Publicity was therefore, we may also rest assured, reserved designedly to the annexation of Savoy until the morrow of Mr. GLADSTONE'S announcement of the French Commercial Treaty in the House of Commons. England only learnt that Savoy was annexed to France—(in contradiction of all promises to the effect that France would absorb nothing in return for the liberation of Lombardy)— England, we say, only learnt that when she had already learnt that she herself was entangled in the mazes of the reciprocal commercial Treaty negotiated with the annexing Government The whole complicated and duplex problem as to the extent, on the one hand, of the criminality of the Savoy annexation, and, upon the other hand, as to the advisability or inadvisability of the pro- posed Paris Conference, will be found discussed in another column in a truly philosophic spirit, through a - very able article, a considerable portion of which ~. ~ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, i 866. has been excerpted by us from Dr. CHARLES MACKAY'S new weekly organ, The London Review, a publication already assuming a distinguished position amongst the most important of our con- temporaries. At the very outset of his argument the political reviewer shows clearly enough how in the fewest words a wholesale truth may at once be arrived at. It is when he remarks as bluntly as accurately that " the most scandalous instance of a political swindle which has recently come before the notice of the public, took place three months ago in Savoy and Nice." In proof of the literal accuracy of which assertion it is at once added by the writer who is thus absolutely writing by the book—(the blue-book) :—" The blue-books teem with protesta tions upon the part both of the French and Sar dinian Governments : first, that the transfer of these provinces was never contemplated ; secondly, that it should only take place 'with the consent of the Great Powers ; and, thirdly, that the population in terested should be consulted, and an oppor tunity allowed them for the " free expression of their opinion upon a subject of such deep importance." Yet, as the London Review goes on to assert, " Six months before the first of these assurances was given, the Treaty of Plombiers, by which the transfer of the two provinces was negotiated, had been signed !" For the rest we refer our readers to as much of this very vigorous and impressive argument as we have been able to find room for in our impression of this evening. It is an argument which— as may be recognised even from these fragmentary portions of it—does full justice alike to the despic able duplicity of the French Government, and to the heroic attitude assumed in opposition to its lawless proceedings by the Federal Government of Switzerland. EI fli N JJ3 'kV . y ran 1 .11 _a E 110 A . SUN OFIICE, Seven o'clock. MPERIAL PARLIAME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tres EVENING.) The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Sudbury, Melford, and Clare Railway and the Hay Railway bills were read a third time and passed. FIRST READINGS. The Postage, Army and Navy, the Nuisances Removal, the Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Amendment, the Crown Debts and Judgments, and the Inclosure bills were read a third time. SMITHFIELD MARKET BILL. Lord CHELMSFORD said he had charge of this bill, and he intended to move its second reading on Monday next. COLOURED PASSENGERS ON BOARD MAIL Lord BROUGHAM said about a fortnight ago a state ment was made to the effect that a coloured lady had been refused a first class passage by one of the Cunard steamers. and was told she might go second. He should like his noble friend to inform him, h ow ever, whether it was to be understood that coloured passengers would not be allowed to travel first-class on board those steamships. Earl GRANVILLE was not surprised that the noble lord had asked the question, but it was one in which the Government could not interfere. Lord BROUGHAM observed that a similar case oc. cured some years ago, and the person brought an action for damages under the Common Carriers' Act, but it was com promised, as the parties felt they had no defence for their conduct. COLEWORT BARRACKS (PORTSMOUTH) BILL. On the motion of Earl DE GREY, this bill was read a second time. ANNUITY TAX (EDINBURGH) BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL moved the second reading of this bill. The objects of the measure were so well known that he would detain them but a short time in the observa tions he should have to make. Various attempts had been made in Parliament to arrange this vexed question and to the measure now before them, which had received the as sent of the other house, he thought a most satisfactory arrangement had been come to. The chief object of the bill was to give £6OO a year to 13 clergymen in Scotland ; and, as that amount was securely guaranteed under the measure, he hoped it would receive the assent of Parlia ment. The bill had been opposed by several parties, and, as he should have another opportunity of going into the details of the bill when it was in committee, he would simply then move its second reading. The Earl of DERBY said he hoped there would be no opposition to the second reading of the bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR highly approved of the measure. The bill was then read a second time. BURIAL GROUNDS (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT. This bill was read a second time. METROPOLITAN BUIBILL. LDG ACT AMENDMENT IN This bill passed through committee, and was reported without amendment. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. On the motion that their lordships go into committee, Lord OVERSTONE thought the committee on this bill ought to be postponed for a few days. The committee L was E IT postponed until F H - HARBOURriday. This bill passed through committee. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Lord PORTMAN this bill was read a second time. TITLES TO LAND (SCOTLAND) ACT,) The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this bill, which was one to simplify the law and diminish the expense of the transfer of land held by burgess tenure. One of the improvements was to abo lish long rentals which were perfectly useless, and another was to empower persons to refer to cer tain legal documents elsewhere, instead of requiring them to be entered in the register. There were other minor improvements which he would not allude to at any length at that time, as in committee there would he ample oppor tunity for going into details. LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF ` COMMONS.--(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Hayling Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. EPSOM AND LEATHERHEAD RAILWAY. On the motion for the consideration of the Lords' amend ments to this bill, Sir W. GALLWAY objected to these amendments on three grounds. In the first place they would create a new description of preference shares, they would offer temp.. tations to directors to abuse their powers, and they would afford facilities in dealing with preferential stock that would be injurious to the interests of shareholders. For instance, directors might expend money on other purposes than paying their debenture debt or their preference share holders. Mr. MASSEY considered that if this question was dis cussed at all, it should be in a full house. The amendment was negatived, and the amendments were considered and agreed to. EDUCATION BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. PEASE moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months. He said the chief clause of this bill was the first, and it enacted that children under twelve years of age should not be employed without having a cer tificate that they had received a certain amount of scholastic tuition, or that a guarantee was given that they should be placed at school for twenty hours in the month. He considered it would be unjust to deprive children under 12 years of age of the benefit of employment, because they had not obtained a certain amount of education. H 3 objected also to the bill that it had not machinery to carry out its provisions. Sir G. LEWIS said that this bill was connected in principle with the Mines Bill, which had recently been before the house. Exceptional legislation in refer ence to persons employed first took place in re spect to those engaged in factories, by which children under a certain age were not allowed to be employed without having obtained a certificate from a school master of having attended a certain time at school. Some years afterwards there was a bill introduced for the regu lation of mines, and the employment of women was pro hibited as well as children under a certain age. It was thought desirable to go further, and accordingly this session the bill was brought forward requiring a certificate of the attendance of children under 12 yeafs of age at schools prior to their obtaining employment in mines. He agreed to the abstract principle of the extension of a similar regulation in regard to children generally, but it was not the practice in this country to proceed upon theory, but to select some extreme cases and then legislate experimentally. Under the circumstances he felt bound to support the amendment. Sir S. ESTCOURT considered that the house should affirm the principle and discuss the details in committee or postpone it till next session. He considered the present system of education was deficient, and that it required amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU ER said that this question was one of as great difficulty as even a Par liamentary Reform Bill, and they were called on to discuss its principle in a thinly attended house. Had the question been taken up by Government the house would have been crowded, and it could not be expected that it would have passed without several nights' discussion. The present debate was, in fact, a mere exercitation, in which hon. members might make abstract speeches, but which at this period of the session would lead to no practical result. With regard to dealing with children in masses, it was a totally different matter from the present proposition, which pro posed to institute an inquiry into every private family in the kingdom, and impose penal consequences for neglect of the education of children. And this proposition was made without there being any machinery provided for its being carried out, and it would be necessary to introduce such machinery in the bill at the late period of .the session •in order to render it effective. Having ad verted to the great increase in the public expenditure, which if it proceeded at the geometrical rates of late years, would present a most threatening aspect, the right hon. gentleman contended that any additional expenditure must be considered with the greatest care. Again this was the state of public business. Last night an appeal had been made to Government not to proceed with any bills this session which they were sure they would not be able to carry, and they had endeavoured to proceed on that prin ciple. He thought that a similar appeal should be made to private members, and he called on the house to reject the 'present measure, on the ground that it could not properly be discussed. Mr. HENLEY and Mr. BUXTON strongly opposed the bill. Mr. ADDERLEY said that there was no objection to the principle of his bill, and contended that the right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Lewis) was most inconsistent in his opposition to the bill, when he had supported the measure with reference to n ines, which had been so fully discussed during the present session. The principle of the bill had been frequently affirmed by legislation for the last twenty years, and it was nothing more than that children under a certain age should not be employed all their time without obtaining even the rudiments of education. He denied that in the State undertaking to see that a certain amount of education was provided for the poor there was anything compulsory, or at variance with the functions of Govern ment. With regard to its alleged vexatious interference with employers, the bill merely proposed that employers should net take children into their service, under a certain age, who were totally uneducated, without making pro vision for their receiving instruction for at least five hours a-week. Mr. EWART supported the bill on the general prin- ciple. Mr. HARDY opposed the second reading because the bill was compulsory when it prevented chil dren obtaining employment unless they had re ceived a certain amount of instruction. If that proposition were carried out the State should provide education. , (Hear, hear.) The situation of foreign countries in respect to education should not be a guide to this country, for what the former gained in method they lost in freedom. He contended that the education which children received by being sent early to cam their bread was of a more valuable character than that derived from the mere acquisition of reading or writing. He asserted that there was no analogy between the Factory Bill and their recent legislation in reference to children employed in mines, and he utterly denied the doc trine that because they had adopted partial legislatiOn they should proceed to entire legislation in reference to the sub ject of the education of children. In his opinion it was mo,t unwise at this period when labour was scarce to im • poFe any restriction on employment, and he believed that nothing would be so injurious to the progress of educa tion in this country than the introduction of th: princ . ple of compuls'on. Mr. BAZLEY bore his testimony to the advantages derived from education in factories. He believed that the introduction of education into Lanca shire had been the means of rendering the working population of that district, not only better able to provide for themselves, but less criminal. (Hear, hear.) He had sent out more than 2,000 children, who had received edu cation in his elementary schools, who had prned most re spectable members of society, and from wlitm he had selected clerks and overseers. In his experience none of these had been convicted of an offence against the laws, and he regretted that they could not devise some means of extending education to that Pariah cl Iss who were wander•• ing about our streets without food or instruction. Not withstanding, he believed they could deal practically only LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING) WHITEHALL, JULY 14. The Queen has been pleased to order a cong6 d'elire to pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Durham to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the translation of the Most Reverend Father in God Doctor Charles Thomas Longley, late Bishop thereof, to the See of York; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Henry Montagu Villiers, now Bishop of Carlisle, to be by, them elected Bishop of the said See of Durham. - FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George E. Stanley, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Jeddah, to be her Majesty ' s Consul at Jeddah. _ JULY 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav Beling as Consul at Quebec for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of gecklenburgh Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Gus tav Beling as Consul at Quebec for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 17. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Brighton—James White, of No. 2, Queen's gate, Hyde-park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Vice-Admiral Sir George Brooke Pechell, Bart., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 17. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Fiennes Corn wallis to be Major, by purchase, vice the Honourable Charles James Keith-Falconer , who retires ; Lieutenant Warden Sergison to be Captain, by purchase, vice Corn wallis ; Cornet Theophilus Gist to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sergison. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Edward Shaw, from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Giles, whose transfer from the 14th Light Dragoons has been cancelled. Royal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon George Evans, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cumming, de ceased. Royal Engineers—Brevet•Colonel Richard John Nelsen to be Colonel, vice Wright, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet--Major Paul Bernard Whittingham to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Nelson ; Second Captain Richard Hugh Stotherd to be Captain, vice Whittingham ; Lieu tenant Constantine Phipps Carey to be Second Captain, vice Stotherd. Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Major and Brevet • Colonel Frederick William Hamilton, C. 8., to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Charles Algernon Lewis, promoted to the rank of Major-General; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Hamilton ; Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major Wm. Andrew M. Barnard to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel the Hon. H. H. M. Percy ; Ensign and Lieutenant and Adjutant the Hon. William Edward Sackville West to have the rank of Lieutenant and Captain ; Ensign and Lieuten ant Henry Osborne Gould to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Barnard ; Richard Byam Martin, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gould. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Fitzßoy William Fremantle, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieu tenant and Captain, vice Frederick Horace Arthur Sey mour, who exchanges. 11th Foot—Ensign Henry Ralph Lewis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dixon, who retires. 13th Feot--Assistant-Surgeon John Clark, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice O'Brien, appointed to the Staff. 15th Foot—Lieut. William Starke to be Captain, by pur chase, vice William Ilenry Eliot, who retires ; Ensign John Joseph Forsyth Grant to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Starke. 32d Foot—Lieut. Henry Elkins Bennett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Magenis, who retires ; En sign Arthur Bishop to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bennett. 33d Foot—Ensign James Maurice Shipton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Willis, promoted. 58th Foot—Lieutenant William Russell Russell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew H. Russell, who re - tires ; Ensign Frederick Florence Murray to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Russell Russell. 65th Foot — Charles Yarburgh Gold, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Talbot, promoted. 72d Foot—The transfer of Ensign Walter Douglas Somer set Campbell from the 79th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of July 3, 1860, has been cancelled. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Norman Scalpa M'Crummen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Venables, who retires. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant and Captain Frederick Horace Arthur Seymour, from the Coldstream Guards, to be Captain, vice, Fremantle, who exchanges. DEPOT BATTALlON.—Lieutenant-Colonel Fowler Burton, from the 97th Foot. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bre vet -Colonel R. C. H. Taylor, retired upon half-pay. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. Frederick Richard S. Flood, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Comm ssariat Clerk J. F. Wallett Des Barres to be Deputy Assistant-Commissary - General ; Commissariat Clerk William Fryer to be De puty Assistant-Commissary-General. HOSPITAL STA FF.—Assistant •Surgeon Thomas Michael O'Brien, from the 13th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Clarke, appointed to the 13th Foot ; John Richard Thomas, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Evans, appointed to the Royal Artillery. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Thomas Carter Stanley to be Chaplain of the Fourt Class. BREVET. Colonel Charles Wright, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, vice Bolton, deceased. Captain William Peddie, on half-pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, retired on full-pay, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only. The Commission as Brevet-Major of Brevet-Major Wil liam Malcolm Leckie, 13th Regiment Bombay Native In fantry, to be antedated to the 20th July, 1858. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the promotion of Colonel W. B. Ingilby, Royal Artil lery, to be Major-General, in succession to Lieutenant- General Dyneley, C. 8., Royal Artillery, who died on the 21st June, 1860. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward M'Gee, 3rd Wel India Regiment, to be Colonel. Major Henry J. Savage, 91st Foot, to be Lieutenan Colonel. Captain Charles Edward Astell, half-pay 45th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. ADMIRALTY, JULY 13. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES . Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Charles Cotton Moore to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Hunt, retired on full pay. Captain and Brevet-Major Hayes Marriott to be Lieut.- Colonel, vice Moore, promoted. Captain and Brevet-Major Samuel Netterville Lowder to le Lieut.-Colonel, vice Browne, retired on full pay. Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Thornbrough Parker Shewen to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Fosbroke, retired on full pa Arst Lieutenant Thomas George Shelton Maheux to be Captain, vice Marriott, promoted. First Lieutenant William Tauzia Savary to be Captain, vice Lowder promoted. First Lieutenant George Brydges to be Captain, vice Shewen, promoted. Second Lieutenant William Henry Vallack Tom to be First Lieutenant, vice Meheux, promoted. Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Harvey to be First Lieutenant, vice Savary, promoted. Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick La Coste to be First Lieutenant, vice Brydges, promoted. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—TIIIS DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 164 11 16 Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 Hamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 321 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 117 ,117.1 Vi enna Trieste Petersburgh -- 34/ 35 Berlin Madrid 49 49 491 49/ 1 30 21 30 371 25 371 25 421 25 40 25 42 391 391 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 1i South American Doublons 51 53 63 53i BANKRUPTS. Francis Bennett John Read, butcher, Lead enh all-market, to surrender July 28, at twelve, and Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. I‘ 2 l 7 an a c n li d est A er u , g Au 2 g B' . Jesse Cooper, outfitter, Newport, July at eleven, at the Bristol District Cour t. John William Armstrong, yarn agent, 15 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester Disfrict Court. William Kilby, builder, Church End, Will, den, Mi sdd dlesex, July 28, at eleven, and AIIgUSI. at half , past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. H George Holgate, grocer, a lifax, July 30 and Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Commer era l-buildings, Leeds. Lewis Levy, ME reliant, late of Gravel lane, City, July 28, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 28, at half-past twelve, at the curt of BankruPtoY• John Giles Sullivan, boot and shoe manufacturer, Mae man-street, Southwark, July 31, at one, and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Cour t of Bankru p tc y. William :Henry Edmonds, horse dealer, Wroughton, Wiltshire, July 31 and September 4, at eleven, at the Bris tol District Court. George Frederick James, elastic web and smallware ma. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office _ _ VIENNA, MONDAY. Government is said to have received the follow- ing intelligence : A fearful massacre has taken place at Damascus. Five hundred Christians have been murdered, amongst whom is the Dutch Consul. The American Consul is wounded. Details are wanting. PARIS, JULY 17. The Moniteur contairs the following despatch from the French naval commander in the Levant : " BEYROUT, JULY 11. " The attack of the Druses on the Christians commenced on the evening of the 9th, when seve ral men were killed and many women carried off ror the harems. "It is said that the Consulates were burned down, with the exception of the English Consulate. The French, Russian, and Greek consuls took re fuge in the house of Abdel Kader. " The attitude of the Turkish authorities was indecisive, and rather injurious than useful to the Christians. " 3,000 Turkish soldiers arrived today. The fears of the Christians are redoubled, and the Com missioners Vely and Namick are expected with impatience." The Ittoniteur announces that the project of law for the purchase of the canals has been adopted. ROME, JULY 14. The Pope in a Consistory held to-day pronounced an allocution energetically protesting against the Piedmontese Government, on account of the arrest and condemnation of the Bishops of Pisa, Imole, Faenza, and Piacenza, approving the conduct of these bishops, and designating the annexation of the Duchies and the Legations to Piedmont as an usurpation. Yesterday the French Ambassador had a leng audience of his Holiness. The two Neapolitan Ministers charged with the special mission to Turin will also proceed to Paris and London. The Patric of Monday contains the following : " According to the latest news from Beyrout the state of things in Syria continues to be of the gravest character. " A French vessel had been sent to Latakia and was obliged to take position within firing distance of the town in order to restrain the fanatical portion of the inhabitants. he situation." " It was asserted that information had been re ceived of atrocious plots having been formed against the lives of the Christians in many parts of Syria. " The naval authorities were taking measures in order to be in readiness to meet the difficulties of TURIN, JULY 16. The Neapolitan plenipotentiaries, Signori Manna and Winspeare, arrived here to-day. BEYROUT. A letter from Beyrout of the 12th ult., in the ' Presse, says :—" Tyre was very near being the theatre of excesses similar to tho3e which have taken place elsewhere, but the energetic conduct of an Englishman saved the town and the population. A bard of Druses and Mutualis were marching on the place to the great terror of the people, when a small light vessel was seen to enter the port. The Go vernor of the town, the English consular agent, and the chief of the Christian communities, imagined that the vessel was one of war, and they prayed the commander to take measures for saving the town, but she turned out to be only a pleasure yacht, the Claymore, having on board her owner, a wealthy Englishman, Mr. Harvey. That gentle man, however, without hesitation promised his co-operation ; and immediately placed his yacht in such a position as to enable her four small pieces of cannon to bear on the streets, and he armed his crew with muskets, swords, and pistols. He after wards landed, examined the town in order to see the points by which the Druses could enter; he then caused the women, children, and the more valuable portion of the property to be placed in safety ; and had certain points occupied by his men, taking other measures of defence. All this gave confidence to the peaceable part of the population, and over awed that which was suspected of connivance with the Druses. The latter were told by their spies that an English vessel of war was in the port, that English troops had been landed; and they, in con sequence, abandoned their projected attack on the town, and went away." FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 16, BOURSE, July 16.—There has been but little business doing, but the market, though quiet, has been firm. Threes, for the Account, have remained through the morning at 69f 10c. Little doing in Railways—Orleans quoted at 1,377 f, and Lyons at 897 f 50c. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 60 Credit Foncier 880 Do end month.... —j Belgian 41- — 3 per Cents ...... 69 10 Pietimontese Fives B4 Do. end month.... 69 15 Roman Bank Shares'...... 2830 —lAustrian Credit Mobilier.... 715 ; Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account ...... 716 25 j Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1377 50 .. 1380 Northern 965 .. 965 New ditto BBO .. 883 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 37900 .. 900 Geneva 5O .. 377 50 Southern 5OB 75 .. 511 25 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 03 to £5 53 Od ; €lover, £4 15s to £6 Os Od ; and straw. £1 15s to £2 23 per load, Trade dull. Supply of old rather limited, of new some what on the increase. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, 11 168 to £2 4s per load. A slow demand. Prices of hay drooping. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 03 to £5 58 Od; clover L 5 Os to £6 6s Od ; and straw, El 13s to £2 Os per load. Supply of new hay much larger. Trade dull, at our quo tations. New meadow hay sold at from £ 3 to £ 4 4s ; a nd new clover at £3 15s to £4 18s per load. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues very inactive, the advices by the Overland Mail having effected no alteration in prices. SUGAR.—There has been a steady enquiry for the better qualities, and quotations are well maintained. In the re fined market full prices are current for dried goods. COFFEE.—OnIy a limited amount of business has been transacted in the private market, as rather large quantities are announced for public sale during the week. RICE.—The dealings have been moderate, and the few parcels that have changed hands have been at former prices. SALTPETRE.—There has been a moderate enquiry for the finer qualities at previous quotations, but other descriptions are neglected. TALLOW.—A very limited amount of business has been done for present delivery, and prices hflve undergone no material alteration. P.Y.C.on the spot is quoted b2s. 9d., and last 3 months delivery 525. 6d. per cwt. COAL MARI (rrlees of Coal per Ton a' ET —J LILT 16. the dose of the market.) \Valhi End. - - s. d. Tanfield Moor la 0 Tantield Moor Butes-13' 0 Howard's West Hart- 8. ( 3 South Hartlepool l7 0 Acorn Close.. Hetton.. lB 6 Kelloe l7 9 Stewart' S lB 6 Trimdon Thornley 15 6 Russell's Helton 17 6 Br:ddy!l's He tton l7 6 Cassop l7 6 South Durham.... , _l6 0 Thornley 15 6 Byron l6 6 Wharncli fte l6 9 Frainwellgate 16 6 Edon Main 16 6 Carway and D u ff ryn Malting 22 6 ,t, 24-.-Sold, 22. ley 15 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 G Davison's West Hart- ley l5 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .,..15 6 Burnhope 13 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Holywell Wylam l5 6 Eden Walls End. 16 9 I Keiper Grange........ 17 6 Ships at marker THE WEATHER AND TILE CROPS, CHESIIIRE.—The Chester Chronicle, of Saturday, reports as follows :—" The general impression is that the hay crops, though fair in quantity, are not quite an average. Being late, of course the pros pects for the after-grass will not be so good. The fine genial weather of the last few days has very materially improved the prospects for the corn and potatoes, and in most districts the yield will pro bably approach an average. The turnip plants, generally, look healthy ; and beans are most promis- in NORTH LANCASHIRE.—The Preston Guardian, of Saturday, says :—" A week of fine warm weather has enabled farmers, by energy and perseverance, to house a large portion of the hay harvest in excel lent condition. Though rather thin in some places, it has turned out to be a heavier crop than was at first expected. The recent heat has also had a most beneficial effect upon growing cereals and other crops; but on some lands they were so far injured that no length of fair weather could compensate the injury done by the long and severe winter."—The Lancaster G uurdian also reports that wheat is look ing much better under the influence of the hot weather ; but adds that the crop will be thin. YORKSHIRE.—The Doncaster Gazette, of Friday, says :—" Much corn is not yet in ear, but the earlier crops have had a most favourable time for flowering. On thin soils and cold undrained land the wheat is far from good, but in others the yield will be an average one—far better than was ex pected. While, therefore, the general return may be equal to last year, which proved worse than ap pearances then warranted—it must still be set under an average. Barley, on the other hand, looks much more promising, and there is every reason to hope that it will prove a full crop. Beans are better than for many years past. Marigolds, where they have been unaffected by the wire-worm, never had a more healthy appearance, and the early sown turnips are equally so. On the higher soils haymaking is all but completed. The swathes have been heavy, and with a continuance of fine weather another week would see most of the grass and clover in this district satisfactorily secured Potatoes, so far, look well, and should they escape the disease must give an abundant crop. SOMERSETSHIRE.—The Western Press of Satur day reports that the high temperature is rapidly ripening the cereal and other crops. Harvest pro spects are daily improving, and the hay crop has been secured to a large extent in excellent condition. WALES.—A correspondent, writing to the North bales Chronicle, from Towyn, says :—" Hay making has commenced in good earnest; the crops are exceedingly heavy. The wheat and other grains are very luxuriant, and an abundant harvest is anticipated."—The Cardiff 7inies reports that the hay harvest is going on, and in some instances good crops are being won. PERTHSHIRE.---The Perthshire Courier, of Thursday, says that every species of crop is thriv ing well, and there is every hope that the harvest may not be so late as was at one time anticipated. AYRSHIRE.—In the Ayr Advertiser, p of Thurs day, we read :—" The su nn y weather is making an improvement in the appearance of the crops. The most of the winter sown, and part of the spring wheat are in blossom. When the ear has emerged from the shot-blade the crop looks thinner than was anticipated; but the favourable blossoming season• must conduce to a good deal of grain. Early oats are shooting out, and the later sowings are coming rapidly forward. With oats as with wheat, it is now obvious that the farmer's hopes of a good return must be connected with a productive rather than a bulky crop." NORTH OF SCOTLAND,—TheIibVerneSS Courier, of Thursday, has the following :—" The advent of bright sunshine, just when it was particularly wanted, at the flowering of the cereals, has been most forty nate, and altogether our prospects here appear to be better than those of the farmers in England and the South of Scotland. We have had no heavy rains, and, though the weather has been _ cloudy, vegetation has advanced rapidly and satis factorily. Hay reaping is general about Inverness, - and the crop is excellent." Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent honoured the Prince and Princess of Leiningen with a visit at their residence, No. 1, Parade, West Cowes, yesterday. After remaining about half an hour they returned by the steam floating bridge to East Cowes. The Marquis Conyngham is said to be in treaty for the purchase of the celebrated schooner yacht America, now in Cowes harbour. The Prince and Princess Hohenlohe Schilling furst have arrived at Long's Hotel from Paris. The Pritace Wittginstein has arrived at Long's Hotel. The Thellusson property at Barmby Dun, con sisting of upwards of 900 acres, has, we understand, been purchased by Mr. John Newsome, of Barenby. It is stated that the cost is near upon £50,000. It is not im probable that other parts of the Thellusson property may shortly change om ners. 'We (North British Mail) understand that Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, has purchased a screw steamer in Port Glasgow, with the intention of fitting her with two swivel guns fore and aft, besides side guns. She is meant to act against the piratical prahus on the coast of Borneo. The Great Eastern, having been cleaned and re• novated, was opened for public exhibition on the 3d July, and was visited by 1,500 persons, the price of admission being one dollar. THE EXTRAORDINARY POISONING CASE.— LivERPOOL, Monday.—The man Thomas Winslow, who is charged with the murder of four persons by administering poison (antimony) to them, was again brought before Mr. Raffles. the stipendiary magistrate, at the police-court to day: Mr. Aspinall, barrister, who appeared for the prose cution, requested that a further remand of the prisoner should take place, as it had been found necessary to perform a large number of analyses, and as the results of t hese in vestigations—which were being conducted by Dr. Taylor ro a l d i tan — been h a i d oun n d o t im y p e o t ssib b and other eminent scientific gentlemen, local a nd me le to been completely tcetly the ys e 8 it o p b in time for the present adjournment, and, as it was desirable to have them completed before the inquiry took place, he applied for a further remand of a week, more par ticularly as the delay. did not aff ec t th e p r i s oner's liberty, h e b e ing at present . pearcerated under the warrant of the borough coroner. 1, inslow was then remanded for seven days, Mr. Cobb, who appeared for the prisoner, consenting to - the postponement. Mr. Aspinall observed that he would not guarantee that they would be ready to proceed with the case even at that period. The Toulonnais publishes an itinerary of th e Emperor Napoleon's projec ted tour in the month of Augu s t. His Majesty, it states, w ill leave Paris on the 16th or 17th of that month, and proceed direct .to Chambery, thence su ccessively to Annecy, T o ulon, Nice, Ajaccio, Algiers, M a rseilles, and thence either to Paris or Biarritz. The whole journey will occupy about twenty days. TRANSMISSION OF PARCELS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—We are informed that Dr. )Ir. 11. Brown (formerly one of the lectu re r s at the Panopticort and Poly technic) has devised a method of transmitting parcels under water across the Channel w ith g reat celerity; so that deliveries of goods and letters can be effected en both sides several times ire the twenty-four hours. The details of the scheme are not before us, so that we cannot offer any opinion a. 4 to its feasibility ; but the advantages which would attend its realisation are obvious , and w e are, therfore, glad to learn that a company is be i ng fora to carry it intu e ffcct. m —Dover Chronicle. with the children of the labouring classes who were nufacter, Manchester, July 31 and August 16, at twelve, a employed in large numbers. He hoped, however, that the Manchester District Court. this bill would be the means of the introduction of some Benjamin James, currier and shoemaker, Brierley Hill, practical and comprehensive system of education. Staffordshire, July 27 and Aug. 17, at eleven, at the Bir- t Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed, and Sir J. ?AKINGTON sup- mingham District Court. ported, the bill in principle. Charles Le Batt, messman, Exeter Barracks, Exeter, After some further discussion, in which Mr. Bruce, Mr. July 26 and Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Exeter District Whiteside, Mr. H. Taylor, and Mr. Baines took part, the Court. house divided — For the second reading 5l Against .. 122 Majority ... —7l This bill was accordingly lost. SPIRITS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as he would have to introduce new duties, founded on the resolutions agreed to last evening, he would move that the bill be recommitted. The order for the third reading was then discharged, and the bill was ordered to be recommitted. SALE OF GAME ACTS. The house went into committee on this bill, and several clauses as amended were agreed to ; after which the Chair man reported progress. NEW MEMBER. SCOTCH BANKRUPT. William Miller, farmer, Yonderfield, West Kilbride. NOTTINGHAM RACES.—(This Day,) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL] TRIAL STAKES. Drogheda Folthead •, . .. , 2 Eight ran. SHERWOOD HANDICAP. Tyrant Dilkoosh , .. 2 Three ran. STAND PLATE. Mr. White took the oaths and his seat for Irigliton. The house then suspended sitting. Buttercup...... 1 White Rose ~ The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] Five ran. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. - Syringe . Eekdale 2 Six ran, SOUT.HAIIIP TON RACES.(This Day,) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) TRIAL STAKES. Sunbury Winkfield Physician . Three ran. SOUTHAMPTON PLATE. Corfu Longhope . . Orbit ~ 3 Eight ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir J. Romily.) JUDGMENT.-POOLE V. LEA.SI.-LEASK V. POOLE. The contention in this case was whether the plaintiff (colonial broker, City) was bound by the acts of a person of the name of Anderson, who acted as his agent in the purchase and sale of currants. The plaintiff alleged, that Anderson's agency was limited to currants only, and, as to other purchases and sales of goods he acted as their clerk Or messenger, and plaintiff was not liable for his acting in any other way. The defendant contended that Anderson acted generally as the plaintiff's agent in the purchase and sale of goods and settlement of accounts—that his transactions were known and not objected to by the plaintiff, but acquiesced in byhim and therefore the business transactions entered into by Anderson were binding on the plaintiff. His Honour, after carefully considering the voluminous evidence produced, which was very conflicting, and. refer ring to the business transactions between the parties:, came to the conclusion that Anderson was the authorisedi agent of the plaintiff in the purchase and sale of goods in general, and that he had authority to receive and settle ac couats and that he had authority to receive the balance of amounts paid by the defendant to him. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—(YESTERDAY.) NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Syringe (taken) 4to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 6to 1 agst Nosegay (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 6to 1 agst Gridiron (offered) Bto 1 agat Tocher (taken) Bto 1 agst Satellite (taken) 10 to 1 agst Avalanche (taken) 20 to 1 agst Feodorowna (taken) 30 to 1 agst Bumble Bee (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agat Butterfly (offered) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 7to 2 agst Tbormanby (taken and offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-MONDAY. There were a few books opened on the Nottingham Han dicap, for which Syringe was installed favourite, 2 to 1 being the highest offer against him ; 6 to 1 was taken about Eskdale, and 7to 1 against Nosegay. For the Goodwood Stakes, Gridiron was first backed at 9 to 2 ; but as many of the bookmakers were anxious to lay against him, towards the close 9to 1 was freely offered. During the same time Tocher was steadily supported at 9 to 1 ; and 10 to 1 was taken against Satellite. There were offers to take 100 to 7 about Rattlebone, and one gentleman coming to the rescue of Stapleton was accommodated with 200 to 7, and then was quietly asked if he would have 500 to 5 more. Closing prices : NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Syringe (offered) 6to 1 agst Eskdale (taken) 7to 1 agst Nosegay (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. Bto 1 agst Tocher (off. 9to 1 taken) 9to 1 agst Gridiron (offered) 10 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 100 to 7 agst Rattlebone (wanted) 100 to 7 agst Avalanche (offered) 20 to 1 agst Flitch (off. take 25 to 1) 30 to 1 agst Optimist (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lovett (offered) 40 to 1 agst Comforter (offered) 50 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 100 to 1 agst Stapleton (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 9to 2 agst Butterfly (taken) ST. LEGER. 100 to 30 on the field (offered) GLORIOUS GOODWOOD.—YOUATT WM. GRAYS advice for the Goodwood Meeting will be issued to-morrow. He advised Starke for the Goodwood Stakes, and Promised Land for the Cup last year. From the result of several trials just to hand he is again equally confident of success. Remember his late victories with Moorcock for the Liver pool Cup, and First Lord for the Northumberland Plate. Terms—the full week at Goodwood, ss. ; the Cup and. Stakes, 2s. 6d., and per centage. Address 15, Charing cross, London. Commissions executed and. payment it guaranteed. TUE CHILD 111U_RDER AT .ROAD. Sir G. C. Lewis, ome Secretary, has de spatched Inspector hicher, of the metropolitan detective police, to Road, for the purpose of en deavouring to dissipate the mystery which still hangs over the murder of the child of Mr. Kent. The inspector reached Trowbridge from London on Sunday evening, and proceeded yesterday morn ing to Road, - where he had an interview with the magistrates by whom the inquiry has been conducted. In the course of the conference Elizabeth Gough, the nurse maid, was brought before the Bench and. was libe rated. After sitting for about two hours with closed doors, the representatives of the press were admit ted. The Rev. R. Crawley said the magistrates had little to communicate beyond the fact th:Lt Inspector Whicher had been sent down from London, and that the investigation had been placed in his hands A reward would be immediately offered, £lOO by the Government and £lOO on the part of Mr. Kent to any person giving such information as should lead to the conviction of the perpetrator of the crime, together with a free pardon to any accom plice not being the actual murderer. The nurse maid had been , discharged, and had been informed that she was at liberty to go where she liked, and she had stated her intention of returning to the dis charge of her duties at Mr. Kent's house. It was then announced that the inquiry would be adjourned till Friday next, and in reply to an inquiry whether the proceedings on that day would be public it was stated that in the event of any evidence being then taken on oath the public and reporters would be admitted, but that at present the me pursued. m magistrates were r. unable to say what course'vould be Lopez, magistrate, wished it to be known that the house had been re-examined and re-searched in every possible way ; and that every inmate, except the in fant, had been called on to state what they knew in reference to the matter. The best superintendents of the force had been engaged in the investigation, and it was only an act of justice to the police and to the magistrates to state that they had used their utmost exertions in endeavouring to trace out the guilty party. The two servants mentioned by Mr. Kent as having formerly lived in his em ploy, and as being parties likely to have had an ill-will against him, had both been found out by the police, and it was proved that they were many miles distant from the scene of the murder on the night of its occurrence. He (Mr. Lopez) was only sorry that the magistrates had no more information to communicate to the press in reference to this extraordinary case. At the conclusion of the sit ting Inspector Whicher, accompanied by Superin tendents Foley, Woolfe, and others of the county constabulary, proceeded to Mr. Kent's residence, and made a further inspection and search of the premises. The practicability of removing a child about the age of the deceased from its bed without waking it, or disturbing the persons sleeping in the same and adjoining rooms, has been tested by the police, and bas been accomplished in three instances. The Prince Consort honoured the performance; at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, with his pre: sent© last evening. Lord Waterpark and Lieutonitab' Colonel Ponsouby were in attendance.