The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-14 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) The June cessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning. There were on the bench the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman and Sheriff Law rence, Alderman and Sheriff Allen, Alderman Sir George Carroll, Alderraan Challis, Mr. Under Sheriff Mai!lard, Mr. Under Sheriff Parker, the Rev. John Davis, There was some difficulty in obtaining a grand jury, and this gave rise to some conversation in reference to the manner of issuing the summonses. One gentleman who was called, stated that he has served during the present year at Westminster, and that together be had served seven days during the last year. He did not think that out of so large a population liable to serve, he should be called upon twice in the same year. In answer to the Recorder, Mr. Kemp said it was the prac tice of the sheriffs to divide the list of persons liable to serve into four parts, so that each parson was sidled upon about every four years. The Recorder remarked that he was aware of the fact that a great number of peo ple whose names were on thejury list were never sum. monad at all, an it quiry he thought should take place into the system under which such arrangements were made. Another gentleman whose name was called said he thought there mu-t be some mistake, as he was neither a householder nor a ratepayer, but merely a servant in the employment of the Electric Telegraph Company, in Albion-place. His name appears on the parish books, but it must have got there by accident. A third gentleman, who came up from Hastings, in Accordance with his summons, but did not arrive till after his name was called, was fined 101., but on making his appearance in court, and explaining that the train was behind time, the Lord Mayor remitted the fine. Another gentleman, who came up specially from Suffolk to discharge the duties of a grand juryman, was informed that his services would not be requires' on that occasion. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, congratu lated them upon the fact that there were few cases in the calendar, and that of those none were of a very serious character. It was of course quite impossible to draw any inferences as to the decrease of crime from the experience cf a single session, but looking b ac k to the past sessions, he found that in the crime of violence there had bi-en a marked decrease during the last few years. In the present session there was not a single case of murder or manslaughter. In the deposi tions laid before him there was one case of forgery at common law—it era, the case of the forgery of a certifi sate to obtain a place in the police. There would be no difficulty in the cage, and he only adverted to it that it might be more known than perhaps it was, that this wai an offence, and that any one committing it, was liable to punishment under the criminal law. The Grand Jury then retired to their room. POLICE INTF.T.T.TGENCE.—(This Day.; MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK OF THE HAVANA CIGAR COMPANY.—Frederick D. Crouch, clerk, a respectahle looking young man, of 23. Stanmore-place, Caledonian road, was charged with embezzling various sums of money received on account of his masters. Louis Silberberg, manager of the Habana Cigar Company. 48, Pali-mall, said the prisoner was in the service of the company as cashier, being paid by salary and commission. 1; was his duty to receive money for goods sent out, and to account for the same. He had received several sums of money and had not accounted for the same. Wm. Hodgkins said he wag messenger to the corn piny, and was in the habit of receiving money and pay ing it over to the prisoner. On January 26th he paid him 11 123. ; on the 27th, 2/. ; on ➢larch 13th, 11. 15g.; and on April sth, it. 45., on behalf of the company. By Mr. Lewis, for the prisoner —The dates in the book arc the dates when ho received the money, and the initials to the amounts showed that be had paid them over to the pri-oner. 85 C said that when he took the prisoner into custody at his lodgings he said, "Oh dear, oh dear, I'm a ruin'd man, and if Mr. Sllherherg had only waited a month I should have made it all right." Mr. Silberberg said the prisoner had not accounted for any of the sums mentioned. He bad absconded from his employ, and had sent lottery saying be was i:1, but nothing further. He had not brought the cash book in which the sums should have been entered. Mr. Lewis for the prisoner said the prisoner did not it:tend fraud. Tho fact was he was about to be married, and had made use of Oa money, He wished the matter settled at once. Mr. Silberberg said the company had a number of people in its employ, and a he expected other cases be must IP'g that the prisoner might be remanded. The prisoner, who seemed to acutely feel his position, was remanded. POSTAL SERVICE IVI TH AUSTRALIA. The followi!g letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Morning chronicle : "Sir,—Notwithstanding the munificent subsi dies provided by the Australian colonies to secure a certain and reliable postal communication with Great Britain, they continue subject to the most vexatious itregularit ice, tending seriously to affect not only the social, but commercial interests of the colonists, with whom a universal feeling of indig .. nation on this subject pr,vails. "One excuse urged by the contract steam cAn panics to justify irregularities is the great distance for a steamer to traverse betwe:n Sydney and Suez and back, rendering punctuality impracticable. Such assettion is equally abqtril and untenable. evidenced by the fact that we have established lines which perform quite as long voyages with perfect regularity, from Southampton to Calcutta and back, and Liverpool and Valparaiso ; th,,•re fore the Australian people contend that there exists no substantial reason why, with efficient steamers, the postal communication wi h tie mother country should ever exceed sixty days, either via Point de Galle or Panama. The latter route appears created by nature., from the placidity of i s ocean, peculiarly adapted as the direct thoroughfare for steam navi gation to Australia, and which the Americans tested four years since from Sydney to Panama in the Golden age, a magnificent steamer of 3000 tons, in which the writer made two voyages from Sydney to Melbourne. _ " If, then, the Australian people are to be afflicted with thPse gross blunders and irregulaii ties of the postal service muc h l onger, w hi ch se riously jeopardise the commercial prosperity of the -richest colonies in the world, no matter whether arising' from supineties of the Imperial Govern ment or breaches of contract of steam companies, the nterchant prince; of thoie magnificent colonies will take the matter in their own hands, and seetne for themselves a faithfui and punctual snail s'rvice wi It Europe ; for the mere itillie'ion of penalties for breaches of contract provides .no redress or satisfac'ion either in a corn nier,:ial or social view. To the former it may in volve seriou3 pecuniary losq, and entail on the lat ter (the Austr.-dian settler) one of the greatest dis coinf,rts of his life, not reA ring in telligetne from his kindred and fnends in Fatherland. "Yours ebedieutly, F. W. W." " Weymouth. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—A meeting of the local proprietors of this railway was held on Saturday, at the eflicen of Mr. Henry C. B toe, Liverpool, Mr. Thomas L. Hodson in the chair. Mr. Jonathan Mellor, one of the directors, attended on behalf of the board to affor I explanations to the proprietors as to the bill promoted by the Eist Kent Company, which bill has already. passed the Rouse of Commons, and suggested to the meeting the propriety of adopting a petition to the Poetic of Lords, showing the injustice of permitting the further progress of the bill. A resolution. adopting the petition having been passed unanimously, the same was very extensively signed, and thanks having been voted to Mr. Mellor and the chairman , the meeting sep ara t e d, EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW BANS.—It appears that at the meeting of the partners of this bank, held at Edin burgh on Thursday, a protest was served on the direc tors', in behalf of sbarehialders who , bad purchased stock since February last, holding the directors liable for the of the same, on the ground that the report laid be. fore the meetings of the proprietors in February did not represent the true condition of the bank's affairs, and counsel, we believe, have been retained to follow up the protest by litigation. It was admitted by the directors at since February last they had bought a stock of the tiel value of 43,0921, at a cast of 43,8871 It was that the number of shareholders is 1,400, and I lit the nominal value of their, holdings is about 360,000/. The fact was likewise _elicited that the Clydesdale Bank, and also, we believe, the accountant employed by the committee of proprietors to investigate, did not think that the assets of the Edinburgh and Glasgow. Bank would amount to 165,000/., and there fore, to carry out the amalgamation with the former, a call would, in their opinion, necessarily have to be made on the shareholders of the latter. Ten trustees were ap pointed to carry out the amalgamation, four being se lected from the present directors and six from the share. be lders; The meeting (to which the representatives of the press were not admitted) was, we believe, a very angry one. About 400 or 500 persons were present, and the meeting lasted two hours and a half. 13TDnortionze. —A n awful case:of this incurable malady has lately occurred in this neighbourhood. About two months ago a poor woman named Susan 111 `Kinney, re siding in Tattyeor, in the parish of Dromore, was bitten en the finger by a cat. Very little was thought of the Monday at the time, the wound being very slight ; but on Dr. ta d a a y n l h a a s i t i. th i e woman was taken S 9 suddenly that pronounced Dromore, was sent for. He at once he e l. to belabouring under hydrophobia, and directed eve usual, f ea _Z,Y e tteecaution to be taken. She had, as is JUL Malt:MS at the sight of liquids of any kind, and at in all terva.la z t as e in the most lucid state of control i To i t nd 4 e r d t n o take care, as she could wr n herself . . ee tt e 2tu Omagh on a car, expectin g t e o sd ty she was brought to County Infirmary, which, from thee admitted into the could not be done, and she was then tak e n of the case, tic Asylum. On her way there, and in the n e to the Luna , this o ffi ce, she conversed freely with 4 street n oppo but she was even then dying, though few could teraveere' lieved it, for she was only a few minutes in the asylum. when death relieved her from her sufferings. She had not taken the slightest none ishinent for several days. Exhausted nature could no longer exist.— Tyrone ,paper. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E V ENING, JUNE l4, 1858. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. E. Maunsell, also received seamen from the Monarch, and left the same day for Plymouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : The advices of our Malta correspondent reach to the 7th of June, when her Majesty's screw line-of battleship Royal Albert, bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Lyons ; Hibernia, receiving ship (of theline) bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir M. Stopford ; the Princess Royal, Conqueror, and Centurion, screw steamships of the line ; the Vul ture, steam frigate ; the Vigilant, steam corvette ; the Caradoc, steam despatch vessel ; the Hearty, steam tug; and the Urgent, screw steam transport, continued in Valetta harbour. The Grand Cross of the most distinguished order of St. Michael and St. George has been conferred upon Admiral Lord Lyons, and it is not improbable that the ceremony of investiture will take place at Malta, unless the Admiralty issues orders which will allow of his re turning to Corfu. Her Majesty's steam corvette Swallow left on the 26th of May for Constanti nople, to relieve on that station the Osprey, or dered to Malta. The Vulture steam frigate re turned to Malta from Alexandria on the 31st. The Ariel, steam corvette, left Malta on the same day for Corfu ; and the Vigilant, steam corvette, ar rived from Patras. Her Majesty's steam gunboat Wanderer left Malta for Gibraltar on the 234 of May to order to remain there the Renown, 91, and Raeson, 21, on their way to Malta from.Eng!and, in consequence of the large naval force which is being assembled at Toulon. The Algesiras, screw line-of-battle ship, bearing a rear-admiral's flag, arrived on the 18th of May at Corfu from Toulon, and left on the following day, accompanied by the Eylau steam frigate, for the Adriatic. A French screw steam-frigate, bearing another rear-admiral's flag, arrived at Alexandria on the 19th, and is re ported to have lauded a party of gendarmes to protect French subjects in concert with the Egyp tian police. A very large force issaid to have been landed at Oran from the French Toulon fleet. The Princess Royal, screw steam line-of-battle ship, returned to Malta from Alexandria on the 4th of June, after a long passage under canvass, of 16 days. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Ur gent arrived at Malta on the sth, from Gibral tar, after lauding troops, for the purpose of taking in a large quantity of lime juice for the victualling yards in England. The hired steam transport Dutchman arrived from Portsmouth at Malta on the 25th of May, and left for Alexandria on the next day. The movements of screw steam- rs at Malta with general cargoes between the 24th of May and the 6th of June include the Melita, Thes salia, Cairo, and Pactolus, from Alexandria, for Liverpool ; the lonia, fiem Smyrna for the same port; the Ageri Sofia, from Liverpool for Constar tinople, conveying among other passengers Mr. C. Dickson, the newly-appointed Consul at Redout- Kali, and Mr. H. R. Guarracino ; the Karnack, from Liverpool for Constantinople and Trebizoad ; the Demetrius, from Salonica for Liverpool ; th e Madinina and Rhumel (French steamers, from Tunis, the latter bringing Lieut. Thurlow, Royal Artillery ; Capt. Simson, I. A., and Lady Frank lin, the widow of the Arctic navigator, who left f o r Athens on the 29th in the Aventin French steam packet for Messina. Among several improvements for the benefit of the troops at Chatham which have been effected by Col. H. Eyre, the newly-appointed Commandant of that garrison, is one which has been received with considerable satisfaction by the large body of reinforcements now awaiting the order for their embarkation for India. For Fevers! years it has been the practice for the troops ordered to India to receive their sea necessaries on board the ves , el after they had embarked. This plan had given rise to much dissatisfaction among the non-commis sioned officers and men, and repeated complaints were addressed to the authorities on the subject, the articles which were supplied by the army agents and other tradesmen connected with the town on being opened on board, having been generally found, when too late to return them, to he of an inferior character, and in many ca-es utterly worthless. In order to put a stop to the system which has so long prevailed Col. Eyre, with the sanction of the authorities, has issued orders di recting that all clothing and other necessaries required for use by the soldier during his voyage to India shall be sent to the barrack stores, when the whole will be inspected by a board of officers ap- An examination of the map of the world will pointed for that purpose, and no stores allowed to ' show that the points of continents and islands which be issued to the troops but such as have been ap- stand to each other in the nearest relations of proved by the board. The practice of issuing neces- proximity have been selected as the highways of series to the non-commiesioned officers and men ou their intercourse and commerce. Ever since the board is to be discontinued. invasion of Cm , ar Calais and Dover have ben sta- The 10th Hussars will arrive at Birmingham to- tions of embarkation between Great Britain and the day (Monday) to form a guard of honour on the Continent. ClapeSuniurn was the pointof coneentra occesion of her Majesty's visit to that town. tion for the trade of Greece, because it was the near- The following office. s have passed an examination est to Egypt. The Appian Way was extended from at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and been Capua to Biundueiurn, on the Adriatic Gulf, be found qualified to bo registered as steam officers : cause in that locality existed the nearest good bar- Capt. S. T. P. Hornby, Capt. D. Robertson, Coin- bout near the narrowest spot in .tbe.Adriatie Sea, minder S. H. Henderson, Commander H. Ne!son, in the most direct line from Rome to Corastanti. Comman-ler R. Studda:t, Commander C. E. Side- nople. In cur dap it has le n recerteined that bottom, Lieut. W. G. Aunesley, Second-Lieuts. the shortest route Letwe en the old and the new (R.M.) M. H. Farquharson, C. B. Smith, D. S. world would be from the west coast of Ireland Pitcher, W. D. Welch, C. J. Kinsman, and W. to the eastern coast of Nova Scotia. From Stewart. At the usual monthly ex imination at the Galway Bty to Cape Canso the distance is college which terminated on the loth inst., the 2,000 miles, and a little more to Hal fax, while the following passed :—For Masters—Messrs. W. Hew- distance from New York to Liverpool, on the lett and W. L. Dobbs. For Assistant Clerks—. shortest line, is 3,100 miles . ; the route usually tra- Messrs. E. 11. Dyers A. P. Freem an , H. J . G ar d- y e ll e d b e i ng over 3 ,300. When the European and ner, and A. N. C. King. North American Railway was contemplated in One of the members of the Royal Commission 1850, which proposed to extend a line of railway went down to Woolwich on Saturday last and in- across the state of Maine and the British provinces stituted inquiries relative to certain departments of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia down to the of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Notwithstand- nearest available point of connection between ing the length of time whi c h has elapsed since the North America end Ireland, the saving of time and Royal Standard Gun Foundry was completed, at a distance was carefully computed. It was calculated co-t regardless of the amount, not one serviceable that by taking the railway from New York to Ha gun has been turned out a n d passed the ordinary lifax or Cense, employing the swiftest steam packet proof, although a guarantee was given to the Sere- from thence to Galway, crossing the Great Midland tary of State for the production of 250 guns from Railway from Galway to Dublin, a distance of that foundry by the 31st of March past. The irn- about 120 miles, from thence to Holyhead Har portant blunder, it is under s t oo d, lay in the utter bour, a distance cf 63 miles, and from that port sbaence of practical me n to direct the working ef onward to London by the Chester a nd H o l y h ea d the establishment, the nom i na l an d responsible and London and North-Western Railways, a die founder being an artillery officer, and thesubordinate tance of 263 miles, employing about 1,200 miles foremen or sub-directors, who should be well up t o of railway, and 2,000 miles of steam navigation, the work of gun casting, being mere novices in that the passage from New York to London might be class of duty, havin g passed their lives as engineers' reduced to seven days' time at, all events, and pos workmen and cylinder casters, and being there- sibly to six, within a few years at furthest. It fore unacquainted with the proper fusion of the should also be remembered that the most daneer metals requisite for making good and, durable iron ous part of the voyage between New York and ordnance. The Royal Leboratory is likewise about Liverpool is in approaching either pert. Steam to undergo inv es ti gat i on, it h av i ng been stated on ships after leaving New York or Boston Harbour official authority that, in spite of the large expeu- for Europe, sail along the American coast for some dituro and cost of that establishment the British 800 or 1,000 miles, often in the thick fogs whi c h so Government i s no t i u possession of a single species frequently prevail, and these dangers, to a certain of shell ad a pt e d to present use. The enormous sums extent, are encountered in approaching or leaving claimed by th a t d epartment for the expenses of the Liverpool. It is on this part of the voyage that late peace rejoicings in Hyd e Park are also about most of our disastrous shipwrecks occur. to he rigidly inquired into. It is stated that the In September, 1851, a report was presented by a coot of the fireworks alone amounted to upwards of commission to both houses of parliament, point . ng 160,000/., and that the surplus, buried and de- out the advantages of a direct communication be stroyed at times in Woolwich marsh, is ieconceiv- tween Galway a nd A mer i ca ; b u t it l e d t o no prac able. tical result. The only obstacle which at that time The Hecate, steam-sloop, Corn. G. F. Burgess, presented itself was the want of a break-water arrived at Spithead on Saturday night from the or landing pier, which bas now been overcome West Coast of Africa. Her dates are Ascension, by placing at the disposal of a company recently April 28 ; Sierra Leone, May 13 ; and St. Michaels, formed a small ste amer o f 80-h orse power as a June 2. She has been sent h ome on accoun t o f her tender for landing goods and passengers ; as is the sickly state, having got the coast fever on board, case in the Mersey, when the Cunard steamers aro and it being impossibl e t o c l ear h er o f i t. Sh e had anchored in the Sloyn e . Th e b ay and port of been at anchor since Friday off the Isle of Wight, Galway possess many natural advantages, long owing to a dense fog in the Channel. Corso Gordon, neglected, but now, we trust, to be successfully (her former commander), Assistant-Surgeon W. J. utilised. A safe roadstead, fine floating docks, Butler, and t wo b oa t swa i ns h ave fallen victims to excellent anchor a g e f ree f rom tid al i nfluences, save the fever, and about 40 of her crew were sent to ral unrivalled entrances or approaches, sheltered hospital at Ascension. She lei ings 12 invalids from from storms and the swell of the Atlantic Ocean by Ascension for Haslar Hospital, who have been the Arran Islands, it may be truly said to have taken there. The Hecate has taken two prizes o f been formed by the cunning hand of nature as one only small value since she has been in commission of the most capacious and conveniently situated —the brig Chatsworth and the topsail B ehooner. Pelts of Europe for despatching and receiving Niagara. The Medusa, Com.. Bowd en , h a d t a k en the richest p r i ze that had been mad e on th e coast mails, pae sengers , arid goods, especially - the tvvo for so me years —a brig with a cargo of rum and to- former, between the o ld an d t h e new . wor ld . Irts gels of the largest class can arrive at and depart bacco, sla ve fitti ngs, and 6,500/e sterling in cash. from the roads of Galway in all we a th er an d a t an y The Bos cawen, 7 0, Grey, R. am, Rear-Ad m i ra l the Hon. Sir F. state of the tide, assured of safe a nc h orage i n a arrived at A scens i on on April 15th; d ep th o f water vary i ng 24 to 36 feet. As we have after provi s i on i ng for the Cape of Good dec. she left the same evening no des're to colour this statement, or excite extra- H 9 ope. The Viper, 4, steam- Ascension vessel, Li e tr.o-vagant hopes that might not be fully realised, we Hod kinson arrived at mConath.eAr.ivßer.Conggo on April 18th ; would observe, as the result of experience, that &c., she left on the 21st steam-vessels designed for crossing the ocean with of tafer ailing , victu coaling , Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Mr. speed should be relieved of all load not requisite to T h h e e r e Blackt steadiness and good carriage, and it is known that J. E. Petley, master, R.N., bulky merchandise will always be conveyed more at Portsmouth on Saturday in command, arrived cheaply in sailing ships than in steamers. Of course to embark his R night, from Woolwich, this rule applies to every port, and Galway is not Highness Prince Alfred for an exception. an aquatic tour to all the principal ports of the Twenty years have now elapsed since, on the o c - United Kingdom. Ireland w ill h ave the greater casion of the first meeting of the British Associa share of the Prince's attention. The suite who tion held in Dublin in the year 1836, Dr. Lardner will accompany him will consist of Lieut. Cowell, startled the public by announcing that the day was R.E,, the Rev. W. R. Jolly, Chaplai n o f her Ma- at hand when a railway across Ireland from Dublin jesty's ship Illustrious, and Mr. Minter, surgeon to Galway, or some other western port connected of her Majoety's yachts. with a line of Atlantic steamers, would render Ire The Marlborough, 131, Vice-Admiral Arthu r land one stage on a great highway connecting Lon- Fanshawe, C. 8., remained at Spithead last don with New York, and this prediction is now night wI ea this report left (5 p m.) ;itvs as cur- , about to be fulfilled. rently rumoured that au Admiralty telegram The Government has shown its sympathy with stopped her sailing on Saturday, and that she will this enterprise by directing that mails shall be for remain until to-morrow or Wednesday. warded by this route ; and the first will be des- MM.'s ship Pembroke, Capt. Charlewocd, which patched from Galway to Halifax on Friday, the succeeded the S ou th a mpt o n at Harwich, has l e ft 18th o f June and the U n it e d St a t es G overnwi n that port for the p ur p ose o f j o ini n g th e Ch anne l have been solicited t o sen d a return ma il b y the fleet. same channel. L etters posted and marked " per The Monarch, 81 guns, Capt. G. E. Patey, was Indian Empire" (the name of the pioneer .hip of paid off at Sh eerness on S a t ur d ay, un d er the i n - the Irish li ne ), b efore three o'clock on Thursday, spection cf Capt. H. H. Gl asse, C . 8 ., o f th e the 17th instant, i n L ondon, will bo sent on by Terrible. Several seamen received medals and gra- the five o'clock express trains from Loudon, via tuities for long and meritorious services, and some Holyhead. first-class petty officers also received gratuities for The Indian Empire made her second trial trip on good condu c t. W e d nes d ay f rom S out h ampton, having on board a The Locust steamvessel, Lieut.-Commander J. distinguished company, in order to test her engines B. Field, took seamen paid off from the Monarch, and speed, preparatory to her first voyage. On the and proceeded for Plymouth on Saturday. government measure ground in Stokes Bay the The Lizard ate - Amves.el, Lieut.-Commander Edw. speed was tested, and resulted in the knot of 2,026 Capt. C. Fredrick to the Caesar; Henry Brehant, master, to the Caesar; Charles E. Neve, ma'ter's assistant, to the Racer ; John Rorie, surgeon, to the Oberon ; James Lilburoe, surgeon, to the Hydra ; and J. Martin, paymaster, to the Cesar. OUR HOME FORCES. True to his promise to the House of Commons, Sir J. Pakington, the First Lord of the Admiralty, is gradually strengthening the home force by the means suggested in his clever elucidation of the navy estimates. Since the Ist of May the China force has been reduced, the Pacific division has been strengthened, and the particular service nearer home has been increased. From China, one ship, the Himalaya, screw transport, Commander S. P. Piers, has arrived in England, and a dozen others are on their way home, namely - SCREW SHIPS Sanspareil Shannon Pelorus Poarl Hornet l7 Roebuck Assurance Mohawk SAILING SHIPS. Nankin 5O Pique Belle sle (hoFpital ship) 6 making a total of 13 ships, 301 guns, and 3,552 men. Two other ships have been detached from China to the Pacific station ; the Pylades, 21, screw, Captain De Courcy, and Amethyst, 26, Captain Grenfell ; so thAt the China fleet now musters 50 vessels of all classes, 457 guns, and 6,302 men, instead of, as on May Ist, 60 ships, 720 guns, and 9,395 men. The Mediterranean, we are glad to find, has an additional line-of-battle ship added to its force, and now it may be said that the station has once more a screw fleet, powerful although small, composed of the Royal Albert, 121; Conqueror, 100 ; Re. nown, 91 ; Princess Royal, 91; and Oanturion, 80 ; and the Renown having left the Channel for the Mediterranean, a sister ship, the Orion, 91, has been put into commission. _ _ _ In April last we remarked that, badly off as we were stated to be with respect of a home force, we could muster from all sources about 20,000 seamen, marines, and boys in active service in the Channel ports. Since then we are glad to find that this force has been gradually and steadily increased —our coast-guard ships afloat, for instance, 26 efficient vessels (all but one of them screws) carry ing 633 guns, and having on their books 3588 men, Two ships paying-off have 880 men available. The ships fitting out are 8, with 284 guns, and 2755 men ; and the "particular-service" ships and the " Telegraph Squadron" have 2392 men. These give a total of 9600 men. If to these we add the force at Cork, 500 ; at Sheerness, Woolwich, and Pembroke, 1700 ; at Portsmouth, 2490 and Ply mouth, 1700 ; total 6300 ; add, also, 3500 men employed in the coast-guard service ashore, &c:, and the marines at head quarters, we shall find that at the present moment we have at our home ports and on our coasts in actual employment under the Crown no less than 25,000 officers, sea men, marines, and boys. The number of ships ordered home from all stations is 22, with 382 guns and 4766 men. If these are counted in with our pre sent home strength, theavailable force for an emer gency will not come far short of 30,000 of all ranks. Thus from this force, together with the additional seamen that will daily enter to make up the num bers voted for 1857-58, we may shortly expect to have a Channel fleet of eight or ten screw of the line, and a dozen screw frigates and corvettes, manned by 14,000 seamen and marines ; a regular cruising fleet, totally independent of, but ready to work with all the efficient coast-guard ships, steam guard ships, port flag ships, and any other se lgoing home port vessels, from each and any of which, after very little exercise, divisions of men might be taken on an emergency to form the nucleus of three fleets.—llli.rning Herald. THE NEW ROUTE TO AIIIEBIC,I. yards being run in 4 minutes 46 seconds, while making 16i revolutions per minute. The principle of cheap fares has been adopted by the proprietors, as the through passage-money from London to New York is for the first class passengers only 181. ; se cond class, 101. ; and steerage, 71. By this new route the merchants of Belfast and of other towns in Ireland will be greatly benefited. At present they are compelled to ship their goods to Liver pool and then trans-ship them to the Atlantic steamers ; this expenditure will be saved ; the in surance will be reduced one-half ; because only one half of the risk will be incurred. Liverpool may, indeed, be jealou., as she was when competition was established at Glasgow, and the Clyde con tended against the Mersey, but the expanding trade between Great Britain and the United States will furnish occupation to all the rival lines. The public at large must be benefited by the earlier re ceipt of intelligence, and as it will arrive two days sooser than by any of the established routes, Lon don, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow will participate in this common advan tage. We must, therefore, nut only congratulate the merchants of the United Kingdom but the landowners of Ireland, on the extension of ocean steam navigation between Galway, Halifax, and New York. If we mistake not Lord Campbell, the Lord Chief Justice, is owner of the Barna estates, which adjoin the town of Galway. His property will be doubled in value, and that may give him some secret satisfaction for the displacement of Lird Palmerston. In the improvement of his pos ses'ions in the west of Inland, Lord Clanricarde may find ample compensation for the loss of the Privy Seal, which so suddenly escaped his grasp. The il'ustrious Lord Gough, whose military ser vicas hwe not yet been rewarded with the well merited baton of a marshal,- will be pleased with the prospective improvement of his Galway estates, and his magnificent castle of Loughconter ; and many others will participate in this prosperity, and receive honourable reward in the augmented value of a sit Irish possessions. THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. NAPLES, June B.—At the risk of being considered a one-ideaed man I send you another report of,t he burning mountain. Wishing to have another and more perfect view of it, on Saturday last, at about two hours of day, I started from Nap! s, and after escaping from all the varied seccature of guides, torch-bearers, drivers, and a host of other impro vised artists, found myself after three-quarters of an hour's walk in front of the fire. Early as it was there were many there before me gazing ou the wondrous scene. A vast bed of burning metalic looking coke was sweeping down over smiling vine yards, carrying everything before it. The mass was, I should say. 800 feet in width—the "Journal" says half a mile—and how long the eye could not calcu late ; for, looking upwards, it was lost behind the heights. As to the rate at which it was travelling nothing could be moredeceptive. Had it been in a narrow channel it would have been comparatively easy to make some dec'sion, but its very grandeur baffled me. Row after row of the vines, however, fell before it—great trees shivered and shook and tossed about as if a heavy wind were blowing, though it was a d ea d ca lm, and soon yielded to the destroyer —and, marching continually over the black frag ments of scoriae on the surface, on it cam e without ceasing. Since midday it had advanced full 100 paces. There had been a house on a point not far distant, tenanted a few hours before, the fragments of which I saw in the folds of the lava. The poor creatures had taken refuge in a cave formed be tween the upper and lower s'reta of an old lava eruption. Behind the shoulder of a hillock stood a handsome villa which had been saved by its posi tion ; the grounds belonging to it were all, how ever, buried under the black mosses, and. the ten ants were standing on the terrace looking down upon the nun and calculating the probabilities of the stream touching them. Though the whole of this enormous bed was in movement, still, running over it, or sometimes under it, were two channels of liquid red-hot lava, which had never stopped since they issued from their sources. The blackened bed had become so by an interval of suspension, and was mov, d on by the immense weight behind. On looking up and around me my wonder was whence could have come this enormous quantity of matter. Could it speak what a history would it tell—how it had been turning about to and fro under the surface of the land for the last six months, upheavieg and ruining great cities, destroying cul vated lands, and carrying death to many thou sands. The speculation was not an idle one, for in less then an hour laser said Professor Palmieri to me, "I think the periodof earthquakes has now terminated for the present. I connect this erup tion with them." I passed through a number of fine young vineyards, where the clustered fruits held out. the promise of an abundant vintage. One after another they were shrivelling up and flaming like small torches, while the courtiry people we-e saving what they could. I pass ou to the next point of importance ; it is half- way up tho motto taro. I wind and wind up, and make a series of short cuts, steep enough to take all the breath out of a man's body, and stand all at once on a crsg, which commands a view of one of the most mag nificent spectacles I ever witnessed. The whole stream is visible from the source to the piece which I have just left ; it is coursing down, or rather they are coursing down, for there is more than one stream, as rapid as a cascade ; in fact, they are cascades of as pure liquid fire as can be well conceived ; sometimes they are hidden under the blackened scoriae, and then they emerge again, and run on as if impatient of destruction. It was one of those spectacles so astounding to look upon, that a man s2eks in some way to relieve his feel ings. He bursts if he is silent ; he must shout, scream, anything to let off his pent-up excitement, and I suppose that I did so myself. It is now dusk ; the Italian night is descending rapidly upon us, the sun has just gone down, and the stars are out in a minute, and we have yet to climb to the top; so ono pull mote. There is a lazy blasé Frenchman, with his C'cst toujours le meats ; "and why should we go further T'—but we pull him along morally and physically, and at last ar rive at the Hermiragp. Behind it is another grand spectacle, perhaps grander even than what we have just described. There is less apparent activity, but the gorge is wFder, and the slow but certain manner in which the mass moves on gives US a striking idea of power. It is 750 feet in width ; to calculate its bulk by millions of tons would be only trifling witlo s a giant—We might better cal culate by the mg ion the enormous quantities which arc issung every minute from the many sources. In all there are seventeen and upwards, says Professor Palmieri, and this feet censtitutes one of the striking features of this eruption, as does a'so the fact that they do not run in ono line; but are opened in various parts. Another new feature is the long-continued fluidity of the lava, all showing the overgorged state of the moun tain and the immense power at work. It was the opinion of the Professor, however, that the erup tion was on the decline, as no internal rumblings were now heard. The lava ilea found its outlets, and was now pouring down with the rapidity and tranquillity of an unobstructed stream. There have been eight earthquakes since .the eruption began, hoed only perhaps ; and the last, as marked in the seismograph of Palmieri, had taken place that morning at half-past 7 o'clock. Nothing had been removed from the Observatory, nor in fact was there any immediate danger, es there was a vast depth behind which was not filled up as yet. An inconvenience might have arisen from an union of the two streams, which ware flowing down, and men were always out on the watch and to report. OraEcendirlg we met thousands of people en route from Naples. " The path for miles down was marked by a line of torches ; the gorge down which the lava was coursing looked from a dis tance like a vast crater, the walls of which were irradiated by the fires below. The stream had ad vanced so rapidly as to cut off our road, so we were Compelled to make a long detour. Arrived at the lava bed we stopped to gaze on the scene of ruin and of granieur, bought some coins imbedded in lava, and falling into the descending line cf human beings, soon found ourselves in B,esina. It is only a short hour's drive to Naples, and grand was the spectacle vhich the mountain presented from a dis tance ; up to the very streets the reflection of two great streams fell across the sea. On Sunday, at midday, the eruption seemed to be on the decrease, and the spectacle seemed less grand in the evening. Last evening, however, there was much greater activity, and this morning the iii Creased length of the line of smoke seems to indicate much greater activity. No life has as yet been lost • legs and arms have been broken, and a whochild :iad fallen liar t strolled asleep,outa to i the o Ottrajano untilie tl stream m of tlio l l va was close up to it had some men perceived its dangerous situation and rescued it at considerable risk to themselves. —Times. ;LEVELS FDOM Lucnrow.—We learn that a laxly re siding a t Clift on , t h e w if e o f a gallant major at present servi Ig in I n di a , b as r eceived a letter from her husband, whichgives a glowing account of tha t r e asure sei zed by our troops at Lucknow. As an earnest of his own SD,I. cess, he has sent her home a necklace of splendid pearls, and ;or:De e meralds, one of which is believed to be of great v.slue. The gems are in a comp a rati v ely rough state Vac emeralds bavirg been ignorantly and, w e h a d almost said, mercilessly drilled th ro ug h . The letter of a corporal in the gallant officer's regim ent having got a bracelet wh i c h will p robabl y be worth from 100,0001. to 200,000/. Another letter, from a yeanger officer, received at Clifton, states that the writet. has got three superb embroidered shawls of rare workmanship and great price.—Bristol Mercury, SLAVE TRADE IN DISGUISE. Lord Gpderich on Thursday evening asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Alf sirs whether there was any truth in the statement that the British Government had given its sanction to the French scheme for the exportation of Negroes from the West Coast of Africa? The answer of Mr. Fitz- gerald was plain and precise. He said that the communications of this country were expressions of regret that such a scheme bad been originated and persisted in, and that the British Government had felt it their duty to point out strongly their objections to it. This statement comes oppor tunely at present. It can no lon ger b e d ou bt e d that the project which has received the approval and support of the French Government, and which is now being carried out by French speculators, is simply the Slave Trade disguised under the name of industrial emigration. As it is be coming obvious that for the protection of the black race from forcible abduction and servi- tude, we must trust to the moral sense of France, America, and the other countries posses?ing ter ritory between or near the Tropics, we gi v e to the woad a narrative which has reached us, and which demonstrates clearly the nature of the proceedings which the French Govern mt-ut has sanctioned. We tru,t that when once such facts are known the ta:k of those who remonstrate against the scheme will be no longer difficult. We cannot claim to prevent other na tions embarking in the slave trade, but it may be allowed to us to expoie any practices akin to it which are carried on under a specious name—a name which perhaps quiets the consciences of many who have good feeling enough to shrink from evil, but not energy enough to track it to its haunts and destroy it there. The Ethiope, Capt. Croft, a steamer belonging to the West Africa Steam Company, arrived zt Monrovia, the capital of the settlement of Liberia, on the 14th April. The captain, on landing', was informed by ex-President Roberts that a French vessel, the Regina Coeli, which had been for some weeks collecting "emigrants" under the new sys tem, had been the scone of a fearful catastrophe. These so-called emigrants had revolted during the absence of the captain, purser, and a few of the crew, who, fortunately fur themselves, had gone on shore for a short time. The seamen left on board, f ) the number of 11, were murdered by the negroes; the doctor alone was spared and put on shore. The ignorant wretches, after perpetrating th's deed, had taken possession of the vessel, and were know❑ to be in the neighbourhood of Cape Mount. Shortly after C,ipt. Croft received this information there c ime a formal request from the French consul that the Ethiope would, if possible, recapture the ves sel. The Etbiope set out accordingly. The Regina Cceli was known to be well armed; ships convey ing this clasr of emigrants are, it appears, well armed ; and Capt. Croft made every preparation. But, rightly believing that ex-Pre=ident Roberts would exercise a moral influence on the blacks, that gentleman was requested to accompany the expedition. At nine o'clock the next morning they sighted the Regina Cceli, "quite unmanage able near the shore." "As we neared," says an eye-witness, "we saw her decks crowded with people, who, as soon as they saw the British flag, hung out a white shirt, and the Ethiope coming within hailing distance, they made all possible demonstrations, by clapping their hands and crossing their arms, thus expressing their joy at seeing a British ship, and their readiness to give themselves up." Mr. Roberts went on board, and when the blacks heard they were to be taken to Monrovia they danced and shouted with delight. Mr. Roberts, having heard the account of these people, expressed his opinion that all the so-called emigrants were merely slaves, and had been regu larly bought, shipped, and manacled just in the regular way, as practised on the coast for many a year. The account the negroes gave of themselves leaves, indeed, no doubt of the fact. The irons with which they had been manacled were on board, and many of them retained the marks on their wrists and ankles. They were about 270 in all, but 100 had left before the Ethiope fell in with the ship. One of the men said that the greater part had - been brought down from the interior, and'bought by the Frenchmen in the usual way. Others had gone on board as labourers, he himself among the number, and had been suddenly seized, put in irons, and stowed away in the hold. By these means were the emigrants obtained, who, but for the mutiny, were des tined to "develcpe their faculties by contact with civilisation" in the Island of Reunion, late Bour bon. The account given by them of the massacre itself was, that it arose from the cook stabbing one of the people who had gone to the galley to get somethin4 to eat ; but there can be little doubt that the deed was premeditated, and that the cook's violence, even if true, was only the signal for the Trio Sequel of tl.i..s st ry is riliculous enough, and we only relate it as a specimen of the manner in which ehinf of th. Pre , neh naval squadron on the West Coast of Africa interprets in ernational usages and respects foreign authorities. Captain Croft had been requested by th? French Consul to go and recapture the Re g ina Cali, aud he did so ; but M. Simon, the captain of the lost ship, put off in an open boat when he saw the Ethiope ap proach, and when the . Regina Coali was cap tured, he demanded that she should be immedi- ately given up him, on the ground that she hat never been out of his possession, ina-much as he was in the neighbourhood, and had moreover demanded 25 men of the Liberian Government to help him in the recovery. The answer naturally was, that the E',hiepo had captured the vessel, and must have salvage. The French captain refused to pay any or come to any settlement, and, as the Regina Cmli had been taken into Monrovia, he called on the French naval forc3 to interfere, and the last we hear of the matter is that two despatches have been addresse I to the President of the Re public of Lilveria, couched in the phraseology of which Europe has lately had more than one speci men. The demand is, that "Captain Simon, of the French ship Regina Cceli, may be again placed in possession of his vessel, illegally seized by the English packet-ship Ethiope, and brought into the roads of Monrovia ;" and, furthermore, that the murderer 3 be apprehended and delivered up. It will hardly be believed that it is desired also to make the Ethiope responsible for the damage which the rebellious slaves did on board. But the style of the " Chief of the Staff of the French Naval Divi sion" is the point mostworthy of a'tention. With a just scorn of so plebiak s a functionary, as, the Pre sident of a republic he thugekprems himself I &dire that the capture has been a!bitrary, il'egal and valueless, and order that Captain Simon be im mediately replaced in possession of his ship. I also insist that the murderers of the Regina Cceti be arrested and delivered to the commander of the Reuaudin." This, however, is but a pendant to the original history, which is the mutiny of a number of kid napped slive, bought, carried on board, chained in the usual ;way, and destined to be transported to the French plantations under the name of " volun'ary emigrants." That the system is no thing more than the Slave Trade under another name cannot be doubte 3. That the immigra tion of Africars and Asiatics into thinly-peopled colonies is desirable we have always upheld, and even this French scheme might have been so worked as to be a blessing both to Africa and the Antilles. The various races which have been introduced into the British possessions have of late years pros pered and been productive of prosperity to others. The Coolies in the Mauritius and Demerara, the Chinese in Australia, and even large bodies of Negroes introduced into different islands, have had no reason to re,eret the change in their lot ; and we hope that this kind of emigration will continue and increase. But nothing is more likely to check a really healthy supply of labour than such a nefari ous traffic as has now been exposed. We trust that the French Government will no longer hesitate to discountenance proceedings which are able now to boast the Imperial approbation.—Times. BARRACES.-619,091/. is the sum which it is proposed to expend on barracks in the estimates of 1858-59, against 522.7151. last year, and 1,012,5001. in the pre ceding one. For the erect on of new barracks this year 181,4081. is proposed, including 109,0001. for permanent barracks at Aldershott, and 41,000/. for new barracks at Gosport, Hants. During the last three years 26,8011. has bsen expended for supplying water to barracks, 18,5371. for improving the drainage, 1,1771. on ventila tion, 13,1261. for sanitary purposes connected with bar racks and hospitals, and 120,0001. for improvements to existing barracks (including provision of quarters fur married sergeants and men). In the same three years, 1856-59, 602 officers and 12,441 men have been provided with quarters by new barracks, exclusive of the Royal Flospital at Netley, which, when completed, will accom modate 1;000 patients. The total amount of money ex pended on new barracks in the 20 years ended April, 18z76, was 1,432,1961., and the accommodation pro vided was for 391 officers and 11,237 men. This is ex clusive of 722,1741. expended in 1854, 1855, and 1856 fur hutting accommodation for 2,100 officers and 40,296 men. [ADVERTISEMENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills d 1 not belong to any especial and exclusive class of remedies. They comprehend the finest remedial pro perties of all the great specifics, Thus the ointment, in cases of eruptive diseases appears not only to remove the external iuflunmation, but to rink deep into the re cesses of the sy , tem, putting out to the last spark the fires of fever, invigorating the circulation, and purifying the fluids which course through the fleshy fibre, th e glands, and the skin. hi mast cases the operation of the ointment is, w e are informed, materially assisted by an occasional doso of the pills. Sold by all medici ne vendors throughout the world, and at Professor Iloilo way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend A.mou a t Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. 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Life Minerva • • Monarch •• • • New Equitable Pelican •• • • • • • • • • •• •• Phoenix ...• • • • .•• Profes!iona Life Provident Life Rock Life.... •• .. • • Royal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life Name of Company. tustralasia........... Bank o; Egypt Bank of London British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City... Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New London and County Lon. & Eastn Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock Londe <end Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New Ditto ditto Nation:li Bank .... . - New outli Wales Orientid Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, N0w..... ..-- ....... South Union of Australia.... Ditto Union of llamblirg.•. Union of Lond6tt r e.o;.,: Unity Mutual Western Bank or Londn. 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 41. per cnt. 31. per cnt per cent. BRID Dividend per Annum. .£ s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 103 per cent.l 50 0 0 .... 100 0 0 11. 12s. od. 60 • 0 11. Bs. Od. 40 0 0 28s. 70 10 3 DOCKS. Dividend . per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. M. p;Cent. 4341. per cut. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. Pr AND CO] Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 61. per cent. $l. per cent 10/. per cent 31. ss. 4/. 15s. 41. 10s. 6/. per cent. 5% per cnt 5/. Si. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. FRANCE CO: Dividend _ per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. 71. per c. 71. Its. 6d. 'l. p.c. & bs. 155.0 d. Et b 5 11. per cent. 71. 105. 7/. 10s. 5 pr ct.& bs. IL per shah 11. 18s. 5k4 per cent 41. per cent 6 per cent. 51. per cent 5/. per cent t2l. r cr cent 14s. 57. p. ct. Jabs. 2s & 2s bons. 211. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. /k, bs. 4% per cent 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. G , 4 per cent Si p. et. 5/. per emit. 5/. per cent 124 per c. A p. c. & bs c & bs H. 14s. 41. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. 51. & t onus TINT-S rocx Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 3tcck. 50 0 0 90 0 0 20 0 0 OOMPH Amonnt of Share. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 53 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 :PANIES. £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 I 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 1 .00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 G 5 0 WO 0 II 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. Amount of Share. X 8. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d 100 all Paid. £ a. d. Paid. I Price. Z i. d. Stock. too "6 0 too 0 g 5 0 0 stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Z e. d. all 150 0 0 all 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 e 0 4 0 0 s. d . 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 al 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. 10/. per cent, 51. per cent. 9 per cent. it. per cent. 51. per cent. .• 71, p. c. & 191. 41. per cent. 51. percent: 181. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18'. per cent. 16 p c. & be Lper cent. 20'. per cent 101. per cent, 4?. p. ct.&bs. 6!. per cent. 5!. per cent. Wiper cent. ,411 i per cent. Sts per cent. X s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 1100 0 0 1100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 50 0 0 100 0 0 ;50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0I 59 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 X 5. 41. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 . 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 6 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 . 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Country Markets. YORK—J . I7NR 12. At our corn market to-day there was a fair show of wheat, and prices were is per qr lower. Barley Was TI ther easier to buy. Oats in slow request, at late rats.. Beans scarce, and fully as dear. NOTTINGHAM—JUNE 12. At our Corn Exchange to-day there was a good shot of wheat ; inferior samples sold at a reduction of 11 per q t. " whilst sound samples were in good demand at late rs te ti supatior samples of white made 50s, and red 46s per ° atone. LEICESTER—JuNs 12. The supply of grain was limited to-day, and WI h l a good attendance of f armers . Wh eat was taken • slowly, at late prices. Other articles as before. OXFORD—Jim 12. A fur We had a good attend ance o f b u y ers t o -d a y, and 11 of supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat met a heavy sid e ' Is under last week's rites. Spring corn unchanged. ~,,,s PER QUARTER. ' ran stbil• - sto Wheat, red (old) 39s to 45113arley, grinding .. too Ditto (new) Ditto, white —s to —s Peas -s to o ::„ Ditto (old) Barley, malting Price Price. ROCHESTER— JUNE 12. rrbe fof , A thin attendance, and transactions limited. -- .1 sales made of wheat were is to 2* per qr below th e 2A; week's rates. Oats, Gd to is cheap er ; b ar l e y neglecw' and beans rather lower. AVIRAGE nucEs. Wheat, wLito 44s to 474 red 35's to 44 5 Barley, grinding 28s to 32 5 Beans 40s to 411 °AO 23s to 260 Peas 42s to 441 DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JUNE 10. ~ Qrs. Best. Current. Inreo 6 1 235 Wheat 453 Od 38s .314:1 ......... 3 1 ' 01 285 Oats 29s W.. , 26s 7d ... ...... 2 01 41 Barley 9 93 Od 26s 11 1......... 20 ; 01 17 Peas & beans 43s 6d 42s Od ........ . 40i HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Rao 11 wiDIAT. &palmy I OATS. I still First 4ss 01 30; Od 31s Od 44 ' Second 4ls 8d 128 s 5d IS 8s 61( 4 " n , 6 Third 36a Od 1 263 01 1 1 1 263 111 31s ' Price. 13 10 SO 27% Price. Total quantity of wheat in market, 140 oats qrs., 2 ° l° l4 PP IP barleyqrs. f, 0 ' • ,; 179 qrs. LP" 0 11 EP beans „ 29 qrs. , 4 ' AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. .. ~1 Wheat, 21. 0 8 7-12ths l Barley, ll. 8 51 •o Oats, ... 11. 8 6 3-12ths 1 Beans, 21. 0 7 -4. , t :DUBLIN—JUNE 11. At this day's market there was a thin attendant" t i r buyers, and only a limited business resulted, bushiest; ing confined to the actual wants of the moment. _, $ll Whits wheat, 26s 6 i -to 28s 6d ; red ditto, 24s Oa :" 4 ‘. 6 , 1; ditto new, O s ); barley;malting, 13s to 17s Od; ing, —a to —s ;'Dace, old, 15s to 16s Od; ditto, to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s 8d; bere, new, Od ; rapeseed, —s Od to a Od per brl; bakers' flot10„14 Od to 18s 64 per cwt ; Indian corn, 35s 01 to 37s 4/11 430 lbs. The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputielh P o i its sitting of the 7th, annulled the electiono Venasc3, in consequence of the report 0 ! committee of inquiry, from which it aPP7 i ei that several priests h a d b een ac ti ve ly ellg in visiting the electors, and incucing th e ' t hef vote against the Liberal candidate, vrlint;o said, having voted the suppression of 0 011 /"T6i must be considered excommunica.ed. election of Casale was annulled because i'te proved that there had been bribery and 7 1 - 01 1 jog ; and that of Serravalle was similarly with because the parish priest had t 0 1 .40 electors that M. Astengo, the Liberal eanu i t ys was excommunicated. The Chamber , passed a bill for the purchase of the tramroOrei tween Genoa and Sampier d'Arena ; and adjo ll to the following day. the ior The Avvisodles - sandrino states that • d r tifications of Alessandria will require I . l Pvi al e 900 guns. It adds that about 500 of these Owl ready cast. A large number of gun-carriagl l o , arrived at the citadel, together with timber ° batteries. , vva , dc Ma. BARBER'S CASE.—Mr. Brady w il l . w,, a l '" (Tuesday) move, in the House o f C ommons , that " .. O l committee be appointed to inq u i re i n t o the allegif b 1 in the petition presented on Mr. Barber's beh a v e L nd Ebrington, and to report whether any a ti be ( redress should be a ff or d e d t o th e pe titi one r ; or rrer , any and what other steps should b e taken in rd! to the matters alleged. 11 1 Va VACANCIES ; APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTION . CIVIL SERVICE.—The Foreign Department ,— T he ptio d of Envoy Extraoriinsry and Minister Plenipo te 4o at Florence has become vacant by the res ignatio l 4o o Hon. Her ry G. Hoi ard. War Department—n o °t Principal Storekeeper at Weedon has become Isl oc f/, the absconding of Mr. Elliott. General Post -0 r Miss Jane Dunn has been appointed postiniet t ; e g otk Stockton-on-Tees, vice Mrs. Isabella Dann, reolor, Customs.—Mr, Wm. Cassell, extr a - c l er k, h a s t e- le pointed seventh clerk at Core ; Mr. R. WhitStli e l, been promoted from gauger first class to be jeldr of gaugers in London ; Mr. H. M. C o mna/ 0 01 been promoted from second to first class 1 0 in London. East Indi e s. Mr. T. D. Forsyy bean appointed secretary to the Chief Cumul/I,P of Geo. Lieut.-Col. J. Clarke has b e en apPoi lj 10 0° cammiseion,-r in Oude. Mr. St. G. Tucker hello, appointed a commissioner in Oude. Mr. B. Tb us ittl i i has been appointed to o ffi ciate as judicial conirah' o iol l of the Punjab. Mr. 0. B. Saunders has been aPsol l ' a commissioner of the Delhi Division. Mr. B. jjlor reth has been appointed a commissioner of the • Division. Mr. P. Egerton has been app ol °.tt i ,50 4 " missioner of the fi rs t c l ass a t D e lhi.—Cow r i Gazette. geflA The three depot ships of th e s t ea m fleet in Portsmouth, Devonport, and Sh eer ness—the .& - fi j u etl'ip 91, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. 8.; 91, Captain Robinson; and the Cressy, Si, tierif O: sted—are to form members of the Channelfleet, tne reserve staff being turned over to sailing ships;.' ~ i t* The Egyptian paddle steam-frigate, Feld u"'"lvoi rived in the Mersey yesterday from Alexandria 813 .do cif ir for the purpose of being t a k en i n t o the gravin% 0 1 , e , Mr. John Laird, of Birkenh ea d, f or overbeeli a g rol a , pairs of machinery. Sh e h as on b oar d a cargo of 4 b fa : The sick and wounded troops who were bre,gll9 from India in the Himalaya screw steamer, r oerfi c i e d arrived at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, on 0000 night, from Plymouth. The number of troops who embarked at Calcutta on ,tur no g• ioo,i' February last was 127 men of all ranks. ,slab' the sth (Fusiliers), Bth, 19th, 23d (Royal vistb, Tiers), 29th, 32.1 (Light Infantry), 34th, 370,, , (fltp 6Uth (Rifles), 61th, 75th, 78th (Highlanlers), 7 9d lenders), • ( lenders), 8'2(1, 84th, 90th (Light Infantry), ebollf lenders), and 97th Regiments, together with dtPe twa te from the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineer/10 Rifle Brigade, with six women and 13 children;jog sailed from Calcutta on the 12th Feb., sq,,r,:letO i hi t ' i di voyage met with very severe weather, whi ch, es 1 ,; 1 0 them some time at Simon's-bay, to repair datfi a .' e o SP: d dr tho Himalaya sustained. The Himalaya reroe l- , gghs (lays at Ascension, where she received on board 000. of the Royal Artillery, 34 women, and 39 chi lcir troco the co 0 1. following , officers came home in charge of Captain W. D. W. Ramsay, 75th Re , imen b i t gi9.. d e Sall, 7th Fusi l ier s ; and Lieut. Wood,' Assistant-Surgeon Bremner, M.D., R.N. , 9 ', 12 "1 chi 29th m on/ Surgeon Sexton, M.D., R.N., were in med ics °n the invalids. During the voyage 10 death s of the board—viz., one sergeant of the Bth, one man 00 ,a° of one man of the 23d, three men of the 29th, 00 0 dAr 93ar al 780, one man of the 90th, one man of the • n g f t " man of the Royal Artillery. On disembarkt 0. mouth six men, who were unable to proceed t' a d tr oaoo. were left behind. The whole of th e wound ed d ceived their injuries in the att ac k on CawlaP r R est defence of Lucknow, in which they wer enearly e.„ , o,d Of the sick and wounded a d m itt e d i n to Fort I.%v tg ," have lost a leg and 13 an arm. The case of Pri_ v es i r d. Porter, of then 3d Highlanders, is very distre „A s p was engaged ithe memorable defence of Lucri°_:joh.,l he was struck by a musket-ball in one of his t ta r:3l , o ; 13311 passin ,, completely through his bead and e_ the other temple, depriving him of the sight a r s, of , Notwithstanding his fearful injuries be has ree° oa tA; invalids not requiring surgical treatment were i A Mary's Invalid Depot.. 100►% 4 19% 150 Price, ti :J0( BIRTHS. ADDINGTON —On the 11th inst., at Enfield Villa, V. iff ton, the wife of Mr. Luke Addington, of O ti s ( e lf FARRER—On the 11th inat , at 41, Rutland-ge.# e,p, of J. Ferrer, Esq., late Captain Ist Life aus X ll son. — l'll 1, PRICE—On the 11th inat , at Oxford, Dim Price, of a daughter. DALLEY —BROWN— On MARRIAGES. f o , 4010 1 On the 12th inst., at St. - e I A Bryanston-square, John Lambert ' Dailey, B t iitn: son of John Dailey, Esq., of H.H.s Custome,locofie youngest daughter of John Brown, Esq. °f w • fo , place, Portman-square. ~ Gth, PtIO , MARSHALL—TANNER —On the 10th inst., liv o, ' - ' - dlio' Covent-garden, Robert Marshall, Esq./ 0 kite a 0 and 2, Torrington-street, Russell -square' t° —lO O fling, youngest daughter of the late Thorns'. I, Esq., of the Army Medical Board. ._ ln er 6 ,,, RUTHERFORD —LYNE—On the 9th inst., at St. 81 , v ii 4 Pe Chelsea, John Rutherford, Esq. of l3ak° B l'4.o sex, to Louisa Catherine, eldest d'aughter of 4 ' ' Esq., Comptroller-General of Inland Revenue' DEAT II S. ' jo bo get BicKNELL—On the 11th inst , a t Guildford, S° an, Bicknell, Esq., aged 76. . I v' CLOUGH—On the 11th inst. , Mr. Robert Cl°"l3'f ,0 Oxford-street, aged 56 . v GIBES—On the 6th inst., at Hertford , da til li Esq., late Alderman ofLondoo, aged 78• 2, F if?' JENKINs—On the 11th inst., at his r 3 er a jol‘ ampten-street, Strand, very suddenly, ti' var of E. q., aged 55. Oi l° RYE —On the 11th inst., at Banbury, . I. ' 7°ll° ' 0 0 , Arthur Brisley Rye, F.R.C.S. ct 0 0 ° SEMPILL—On the 6th inst., at Millport, 14.---., ~a,, P" Janet Sempill, aged 90. itht itfi SMITH—On the 10th inst., Charles Jatnes 8 0 ea b C solicitor, 2, King's Arms-yard, Coleman -0° 8 aged 68. ,;(01 --; o Y Lox Dom : Printed and Published by II KD P,Q; of No. 1 12 , Strand , Printer, at The SUS Uu`' . co 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the S avoy, in of Middlesex , Monday , June 14, 1859. -AIN, Grew. adralu !wroth] Attme - r - c 001 :ntne pack, . ................. Dn. ICA] ADS wand ; foi ducted by 'Valentino greatest CRARLEI Traviata.' and is tot at th e 44 Market. GRA t he I ) AUGT rlirlccE H of WALE to the Rol Several home, and b e prese Admiral( Of the nom 1 1 . single th . " 8 . ; a re Omnibus Street ever; Iso Minutes Mg the Ho; The . e• BIO; Sovereigns im pression retired, or h . 4 , 41 entirely u wreiatent an( 110nd-street, b een, in any • 'RIB„, CK INGTC 'Stock of Ric Tents erecter non et Fruit Address B e.t.; Wast-e MET ABE Dike, Londw 0 4ns 021 ftdva Polici Assured with be ing d educte .INTORW: 47:130..TaIteEwhiD be held DI•TESD to _ • The D re-election June 15th, 1 It RITA: Znpoweree BRIT Empowc dente)l n e t 14 :;: e pd l i Ir ; o r s G a E r P C C 0 : 4 1 • bout partici .11%PnRN 80C LEV ) 0 7 /o __n and sti e krth 7 g of i ass ur 1 ' 11 4 : 44 P w rera til l i u n n Jii:_atb be gl 4ce. tr E ] Dowerei by VIVORSI • EDMON 4 74 1. Konwort al t aditel King-C O hn Elliotson ' l'4)4l `ssor Wha J. Pallas° 19.3.1 Messrs. s. aregorj *i v ll2 1860 ' next Quit] 1 Nil e . taLk e l Age: a!. , 55 14: 1 1 1 ! 55 L i folo I wl 8 09 n g 4, ai iToal Life Asst I V: Society wa 'thirds oft; ~cribed c: e Yestenents hundred an t:tonual ineor t b etiT t o nlber of ittlitee6tEttiointue Ork. r , e _hundred a resPectuae. • '9. Strand: 14 2 1134 .,_ nd, Lot • . .CRET I. 61 aoblished, . 1, 11.4F-PRE 0 0 ,:1- the Funq l„ 41,the cure Ztti t - ` 4 „ } , °,O habit .4 ist ti '‘! 4o o, wit t N 4 k. f t's (I Sepia], 11 "othe wc f Lif t em.,!zatninatic ta• with hi I fat 37, U r t etil -,l l ,2 l tect Mer 4 1.botO r or the - 40 , -e oaries' *l4 l ,4exis'Bential olij h e 3 resulting ,otZ, Prodtu t b .! Prernate il l :Sem2 of du" ti 1q,1 4,- ;Z a r l ec°nl 44. 41th and 4 oPPint .h 1 ab ee lle tAl" s Qi utolY n t Of e tirrin Persel 41 1 , theh e g grier IN njdaY of tk _ h ef , pt , kigated, Zt_h er " e e in evil an Ghcare' ent l to wb ‘, l ?' be ,ed by J. 4ettloa lab, ad Lead %It . 'dfo r e d Wo r i t "lre. Lo QS att a r May b I'4l l I tessr 0 4 1 Vor pa le 3 : ue..CoVon 'Ma. Paid. di;ri . Oreh I ) A will June Tick aqua; Hon' *Very Admi at-lb Cram S' and Acton S'