The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

- ; .~ BENSON'S WATCHES.I " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Bend z stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with theta' prices. Watcnes sent to all parts of the king d o m frea by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. THEATRE -ROYAL, MAYMARNET. Lsaiee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. TFIIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. C. MMathews, athews, Buck stone, Compton, Chippend ale, Rog, Mrs. Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. Followed by A HANDSOME HUSBAND. To conclude with THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. Commence at 7. OY AL PB. INCE S S'S THEATRE.-- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. IA) THIS EVENING, will Jaz performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows, Miss C. Leclercq, &c. Commence at 7. ADKLPFIT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole eroprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of the powerful Adelphi drama, "The Flowers of the Forest." Tenth week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly THIS ,VENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, T. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington, Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, It Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. F • RENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEA TRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. M. LECLERE (Positively his last appearance in Londen;. THIS EVENING, LES DEUX TIMIDES. LES JEU AU COUVENT. M. Paul Devaux. LES NOCES DE CLEOPATRE. Madlie. Marie Basta M. Thomas, and M. Leclerc. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, 58. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, IS. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Notice.—The Entertainments on Monday Evening last having been honoured by the presence and approbation of their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold and suite, and other distinguished visitors, the magnificent Hippo- Drama, and the Novel and Wondrous Scenes in the Arena forming the programme on the occasion, will be repeated every evening till further notise. By particular request, there will be TWO more GRAND MID DAY PERFORMANCES, viz., on Wednesday, July 4, and Saturday, July 7, commencing each day at 2 o'clock. On Monday, July 2, 1860, and during the week, to com mence with the immensely successful Grand Historical Spectacle in Three Acts, entitled " FAIR ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS." To be followed by Scen and Leontine ; Messrs. Fernando, L'Epine, F. Watson, and Herrnclud- Christoff, 4. dzc., artistes of unequalled celebrity. Co ing with a Popular Farce. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. P.ox - oflic e open daily from 11 till 4 . Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena--M. Felix Revolti. CAI•raRBURY HALL G, CONCERTS.- THIS EVENIN C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. heles Mr. C. Bernard. Mephistop Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite .... —..... Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, T r ovatore, terta in Macbeth, and numerous other Enments. Balcony, ls, Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting - of seventeen performers (organised expressly for this Establishment). will make their first appearance on MONDAY next for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimo the' usual with N egro delineations, anecdotes, tc., , in addition t entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 111111 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, JULY 3, 1360. THERMO METER, IN THE SHADE. 67 —highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day at noon. BAROMETER- 30 . 42 . WIND—W.S.W. ; moderate, with the second summer day, and beautiful weather. lIIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tiits DLY.—Morning, lh. 47m.—Afternoon, 2h. 9m. To-uoitstov.-Morning, 2h. 31m.—Afternoon, 2h. 52m. 4 -------- .-------- .1.-? ' 1'41,,, '‘ 1. 0, I. k• .... 4 r,, t-C , , " .c.°%--7----,` 1 . 4 • i... , , •:, '"'' 2. , . 74 r _., ( \ • =,' 7- ‘..-:1! :,-- 4 ~ .._ ,-, - It 4 ; t• _'1....., __,; ie f 4,4 0 , , .„ 0 ..; A Y 47 - 7,1 bi Et;, , 1 ~, , ,Ilt ~,, •"" , ' `,. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1860. It was at length, thank Heaven, decided quite i definitively by the House of Commons last evening that One Imperial Army shall henceforth hold possession of the British dominions. The Rouse that John Built—as an ingenious writer in the zurrent number of the Cornhill has facetiously dubbed the grand Anglo-Asiatic fabric inhabited erstwhile by that alternately thrifty and thriftless stepson, as we may call him, of JOHN BULL, yclepped JOHN COMPANY—is certainly being razed to its foundations. The half-disciplined, lavishly-paid, and occasionally mutinous forces of H.E.I.C.S. are now to all intents and purposes as entirely of the past as CESAR'S tenth legion, or the Pyrrhic phalanx. Le Roi est mort—vive le Rol. It is the last promotion decided upon at the Horse Guards—Her Majesty's Forces vice those of the dead and gone H.E.I.C. The Old Indian cause has died game, it must be admitted, in this parti cular ; but—game or not game—it has died ! The last and fatal paroxysm of convulsion seized it last night in the House of Commons. It had the best possible advice—but, as they say in the fami liar rustic epitaph " physicians was in vain"—and so we have an end of it at last (not, however, until after a great deal of trouble), and may now confine our attentions to the task of giving its attenuated remains decent sepulture. The division of last night, in point of fact, is absolutely conclasive. After a discussion un usually ample and tedious even for this " weariful" session of 1860, the Bill objected to by the Old In dians (thus at their last gasp) was passed through its second stage towards the goal of its perfect' ing into an enactment—as many as 282 having voted for that second reading, and as few as 53 against it ! Otherwise to put this resolute proceed ing on the part of the Commons, a clear majority of 229 in a house of 340 (including Tellers and Speaker)—i.e., more than five to one in favour of the grand simple, rational project of amalgamation ! Everything that could possibly be done to retard this discussion has been done with implacable determination. Papers have been moved for — amendments proposed—debates adjourned. Always by a ludicrous minority ! But conscious though the minority could not but be during this long while past that their chances were just nil—were actually_ hopeless—they could not ( literall y f or the life of them) help, like the drow nin g man, catching at every straw convulsively. Dying thus hard — they h ave at length been summarily finished off by the coup de grace of last night's Division. There will consequently be no longer a local Euro pean army in India, but the forces in Hindostan will constitute from this time forth but an integral portion of one imperial holding possession of all our world-wide dor y "S. The probable in crease of exp,mditure consequent upon this most reasonable determination has been calculated to the utmost nicety—as nearly at l eas t as might be upon a mere anticipation. According to Mr.iIAMMACK'S est i ma te, the precise additional cha rge will amount to somethingunder £200,000 ; a suppl emen t ary State s um, however , w hich the Secretary of judi ciously reminded the House of Commons yesterday might be considerably and appreciably diminished. Than Sir CHAS :L ES WOOD'S Ministerial state ment the whole question, at the as to n ight's decis ive debate, nothin g close of last could well have been more clear, more cogent, or O ne exception after another wag more convincing. particularised by the right hon. baronet in a few words and then, disposed of in words almost as few. Take, for example, the objection raised to the num ber of troops to be retained in India having been fixed at 80,000 Europeans. The reason, as Sir CHARLES shewed, was simple enough in all con science, being simply this—" That, on inquiry, it was ascertained that the maximum number which any of the authorities upon the subject recommended to be retained was 95,000, and the minimum 75,000. 80,000 had therefore been taken as the number which the circumstances of the case would require." Again, the hon. and gallant mem• ber for Aberdeen had moved for the production of certain documents, parts of a lengthened official and semi-official correspondence. These documents could not be forthwith made public according to the wish of Colonel SYKES—there was a delay in responding to the desire of the hon. and gallant member—and a great deal was thereupon made of that same delay and hesitation. It was conceived by many to betoken a very suspicious reticence. But the Secretary of State laid the simple facts of the case yesterday before the House of Com mons—and what de those simple facts clearly demonstrate ? Why, that the course pursued by the Government in this matter could not possibly have been more straightforward, more candid, or more strictly honourable. "It was impossible," Sir CHARLES WOOD observed yesterday in the course of his explanation, "it was impossible to assent to his hon. friend's motion, as the papers moved for were confidential memoranda, but he (Sir C. WooD) wrote Lord CLYDE and Sir W.M. MANSFIELD, by whom the documents were fur nished, for their authority to publish them. As soon as he received the necessary authority the motion of his hon. friend was complied with, and the papers were produced ; but even then it was deemed advis able, with the sanction of the writers, to omit cer tain passages which were calculated to give offence, and to expunge two paragraphs in which extracts were given from private letters written by Sir PATRICK GRANT, the assent of Sir PATRICK not having been obtained to their publication. The papers came late in the autumn, and after being fully considered by the Cabinet a decision was arrived at !" Certainly to all which we may add Q. E. D. As to the objection raised by some of the more impetuous of the Old Indians against the course pursued by Sir CHARLES WOOD in not consulting the Council as to the ad visability or not advisability of the measure about to be submitted to the consideration of Parliament —namely, this very measure, the triumph of which was secured beyond any further chance of doubt by last night's division—the right hon. baronet showed quite distinctly to the apprehension of all, that the . question was a question for the Cabinet, and not one in any way to be decided upon by the Council or the Secretary of State. Altogether the mino rity can hardly, even in this hour of their complete discomfiture, feel themselves in any way aggrieved. They have been allowed every possible advantage. They have said their say—they have given in their votes—and they are defeated. They have been supplied with printed information in the shape of official documents extending over more than five hundred folio pages—a blue book as ponderous in the scales as in the reading. They were permitted to adjourn quite unnecessarily, until it was idle to dream of any further adjournment. To sum up all, they have been allowed just rope enough to hang themselves. " When the Devil was sick, The Devil a saint would be ; When the Devil got wall, The devil a saint was he." We doubt not this incident in the biography of the Evil One has been recalled to the memory of thousands by the telegrams and communications from Naples this week. Almost literally on a bed of sickness, of sickness brought on by the reaction of his crimes in the successful insurrection of his people—at the very eleventh hour his MAJESTY consents to hoist the Italian flag, to proclaim a constitution, to grant an amnesty, to ally himself with Sardinia, to give Sicily an independent Ad ministration, to form a member of an Independent Italian Federation —in fact, to place himself in the Calendar of Italian Liberalism. Can he be surprised that not a soul confides in him ? The clique of wretches who have prospered as the executioners of his crimes, even they do not trust him, or rather do not trust his declarations ; for him they do trust, well knowing that his proclama tion is a mere bait to catch those who are willing to be duped, and that once let him get things quiet again, and he would soon reconquer Sicily, overthrow the new constitution, and imprison in heavy irons SPINELLI and all whom he had tem porarily used as a blind to those whom he had entrapped. There lives not a mortal in Naples, we may almost say in the civilised world, to whom the whole affair is not as transparent a piece of fraud and villainy as the similar act of his father, with which all compare it. FRANCIS the Second has had his day of grace, and thrown it away. He might, on coming to the throne, have reversed the policy and renounced the cruelties of his father ; he might have been legally crowned and sworn ; might have called together the Houses of Representatives according to the illegally ignored, not abolished, Constitution of 1848 ; he might on the occasion of the insurrection in Sicily have elected to forbid the repetition of the barbarities practised by his father—but he has chosen to continue every illegal course, to do without parliaments like our STUARTS, and to even outdo the atrocities of an atrocious father. His returning vanquished Generals have been actually degraded for not bombarding more murderously the non-military part of Palermo. He has more than rivalled his father's horrid bombardment of Messina, only fearing lest his father's cruelty should surpass his own. Too late ! too late! is the cry of all. The Nea politans exclaim thus themselves, and PORAIO from the Chambers of Deputies at Turin returns the ex clamation. " If," he said, " the new King had begun thus on the first day of his reign, perhaps I might have trusted him now that he has shown his disposition by a year of despotic and cruel Government, in which be has rivalled, if not sur passed, his father, the only thing about him I be lieve in is his readiness to perjure himself. I shall remain in exiIe—VICTOR EM MANUEL is my King." POERIO has but too good reason to know his man, and understands but too well the motives which prompt him ; indeed we cannot express our own impressions better than in the words of the noble patriot at Turin. " A drowning man," ho re marks, " hopeless of any other escape, will, in the agony of death, cling to and catch at any object within his reach. I, therefore, can well understand that the Government of Naples, which up to this moment was always the most fierce and implacable foe to Italian nationality—that Government which, with the most 'cowardly obstinacy, persecuted the generous men who aspired to that common object, should now all at once change its language, and put forth words of independence, patriotism, and nationality. Gentlemen, I have often seen men laden with the most hideous crimes, when brought before the Court which is to try them, and unable to deny their offences, put forward words of compunction and repentance. Every Government, gentlemen, has its traditions, from which it cannot depart. " The traditions of the Neapolitan Government are hereditary perjury." The new King, almost to prove the legitimacy of his decent, is preparing to perjure himself; and in order to qualify himself for the task of forswearing himself, he must first swear. It is with that view that he declares himself ready to swear constitutions and alliances. His object in proposing an alliance with the King's Government is obvious. He is only meditating the reconquest of Sicily. These are the old fox-like wiles of the _Neapolitan Government. As these have thrice aTailed them, they hope even now, from the same arts, to attain the same results." We have no reason whatever to distrust our Foreign Secretary, or any member of the Cabinet, or perhaps of any possible Cabinet in regard to Naples, and the adequate carrying out there of the policy which will be at once the right one, and popular with all classes of Englishmen. But we may be allowed to express our hope on two points. The first that, after the language in which our Go vernment has denounced the outrage at Palermo, it will not only protect, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, British residents at Naples—but native residents also. His Lordship significantly remarked that we have two, three, four, or five sail of the line at Naples. All Europe must agree that in forbidding a bombardment of the town, such as the Neapoli tans hourly dread, we should be simply prohibiting a piece of brutality and cruelty which no civilised beings who can prevent it are required to tolerate. There is a law of nations far above the technical law to which they profess to defer as long as it suits their purpose—the law of not seeing the in nocent and powerless murdered by the guilty and the strong. We trust that our Admirals have orders to seize the Neapolitan fleet and to batter the castle of St. Elmo if a shot or a shell is fired on the helpless city. We also hope his Majesty the Emperor of the TRENCH knows our mind officially, as well as he knows it from public sources. He has been showing himself rather restless of late. He has crossed the Rhine, it being well understood that he has an eye on that" natural boundary" also. He has called out an additional 100,000 men, why or where fore, unless mischief be brewing, no mortal can tell. But we are not without a fleet now, and shall soon see it augmented with vessels which will find it easy work to run down or cut in halves any vessel which hoists the colours of despotism. We do not spend £15,000,000 on our navy without expecting that the voice of Englishmen should be heard in favour of that which is the object of their universal, we might say their passionate attachment. Nothing unreasonable need be asked —" We let GARIBALDI and his antagonists alone if you do"—that is all. "No intervention." It is neither needed nor desirable. The Italians will be all the better for conquering their own liberties from their own tyrants. They could have done it at any time left to themselves. They can do it now. But we must have no underhand work. No attempt to get a kingdom for a NAPOLEON ; or, if the old trick, attempted in Tuscany do not succeed, dodges to keep Italy divided, when all the patriotism, education, and intellect of the country crave to be united. We may be told to eschew suspicion—we should be glad to do so ; but we cannot yet forget Savoy ; and,remembering it, we must think our Government has but one course open—to trust no promises, to have a force in the Mediterranean which shall make our just demands respected, and which shall enable us to say—lf Italy wishes to be free and united, what the Italians would join together, let no Frenchman put asunder. GOVER'S MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES: OR, THE TWO SICILIES. We have before us a map of the lands which are now exciting the interest of every Englishman, giving a bird's-eye picture of the scene of Gari baldi's late exploits, and of the scene, we hope, of his rapidly approaching career of glory. A litho graphed picture, rather than a map, of Sicily and Naples, and Rome up to the confines of Sardinia, by which we may all enjoy almost the privilege of an seronaut, gazing through the clear atmos phere of Southern Italy upon the mountains, and plains, and towns below him. If such maps would not enable us to measure distances to a furlong ; they do what is more useful to most of us—they give us a vivid conception of the aspect of the country they paint. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg rode on horseback in the forenoon, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardingo. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Saxe Cobourw, honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre last evening withtheir presence. Tho Itojal suite consisted of the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Lord De Tabley, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Captain Grey, and Baron Hochwaechter. Mr. Joseph Wyon has had the honour to submit for the inspection of her Majesty the Queen and his Royal High ness the Prince Consort impressions from the die of his medal to commemorate the opening of the Victoria• bridge in Canada. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had previously honoured Mr. Wyon with sittings for this medal. Major-Generrl the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge haw relieved Major-General Seymour and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros in their duties as the Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince Con sort. Capta , n Grey has succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel as the Equerry in Waiting to the rrince of Wales. A meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall was held yesterday at the Duchy-office, Buckingham-gate, St. James's Park. Present— the Chancellor, Lord Kings down ; the Keeper of the Privy Seal, Sir William Dunbar ; the Attorney-General, Sir William J. Alexander ; the treasurer, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps ; the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Portman, and the secretary, Mr. James R. Gardiner. A deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Cureton, Rec tor of St. Margaret's, Westminster, Messrs. S. H. Godson and Thomas White, churchwardens, and Mr. James Rogers, vestry clerk, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, yesterday, at her Majesty's Office of Works, Whitehall -place. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness the Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the younger members of the royal family, will leave Buckingham Palace to-morrow, instead of Saturday, as originally mentioned, for Osborne, to pass several weeks at the Queen's marine residence, Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, and the Princess Mary honoured the Duke and Duchess of Wellington With their Company at dinner last evening at Apsley House. A select party assembled after dinner. liis Excellency the Prussian :11inIster and the Countess Bernstorff will give a grand entertainment to morrow at Prussia House to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the Chief members of the Cabinet. The countess will " receive" in the evening. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton have left the Clarendon for Eglinton Castle, N.B. The Earl and Countess Grey have left town for Aix-la Chapelle. The Earl of Yarborough has sailed in his yacht from Cowes on a cruise in the Channel. The countess and Lady Sophia Pelham are expected in town in a few days. A marriage is arranged to take place between Lord Conyers and Miss Curteis, daughter of Mrs. Fitzroy Campbell and step-daughter of Colonel Fitzroy Campbell. His lordship, who is the eldest son of Mr. Sackville Walter Lane Fox, by the only daughter of the sixth Duke of Leeds, obtained his barony, it will be remembered, last year upon the death of the late Duke of Leeds. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1860. " r .23L T it; 6 vrt . N E The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : NAPLES, JULY 2. The fundamental point of the programme of the Commander Spinelli is the formation of an Italian Confederation, as recommended by the Emperor of the French. This Confederation to be essentially of a defensive character, and the autonomy of every State to be maintained, although national unity would be favoured. TURIN, JULY 3. It is asserted that Baron Talleyrand has been in structed by his Government to insist that Count Cavour should give due consideration to the over tures of the King of Naples, and the more so as these overtures were counselled by France. SARDINIA AND NAPLES. TURIN, JULY 2. The official Piedniontese Gazette announces that the Neapolitan Legation at Turin is authorised to deliver passports for the kingdom of Naples to all Neapolitans who may demand them. Military demrters are, however, excepted. . It is asserted that the propositions for an alliance with Naples have not yet been received ; but a rumour is current that an Ambassador from Naples will shortly arrive in Turin. _ __ . The Neapolitan Government is still undecided as :o what kind of Constitution shall be granted. The latest news from Naples states that the city was quiet. PARTS, JULY 3 The Moniteul of this morning announces that a project of law has been laid before the Corps Legislatif, demanding its approval of the conven tion for the establishment of a submarine telegraph between France and the United States. PARIS, JULY 3 Yesterday the Austrian Ambassador paid an official visit to M. Thouvenel in order to give, in the name of the Court of Vienna, a verbal reply to the despatch in reference to the annexation of Savoy, which the French Government communicated to the Powers who signed the final act of Vienna. Immediately, on receipt of this despatch by the Marquis de Moustier, Count Rechberg ascer tained by telegraph the views of the Court of Berlin, which replied that it was about to thoroughly examine the question, whether, under present circumstances, a European Conference would be advisable, or whether preference should be given to the ordinary diplomatic course, or to direct negotiations between France and Switzer!and. Austria, although ready to assist at a Conference, could not take the initiative, not being directly interested in the question. She there fore leaves to Fru:co the task of inducing a ma jority of the Powers to agree to one of the three combinations proposed by M. Thouvenel, and ac cedes beforehand to the decision of the majority. PARIS, JULY 3 All the theatres will be closed this evening on account of the obsequies of Prince Jerome. A circular has been addressed to the Ministers by the Duke of Cambaceres, Grand Master of the Cere monies, inviting the functionaries of their respective departments to wear mourning for the length of time, and with the changes proscribed, for Court mourning. BOURSE, July 2.—The market has been heavy. Threes left off at 68f 45e. The following are the last quotations :- 41 p©r per Cents ... 96 90 i Credit Foneier — Do end month.... , Belgian 41 9B 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 45 Roman Bank Shares . 9 8 .20 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 671 25 Spanish Threes 49 75 Do. Account 672 50 I Home Debt .. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIO N. HOUSE OF COMMONS-JULY 2. EUROPEAN FORCES (INDIA) BILL. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on amendment proposed to question (28th June), "That the bill be now read a second time ;" and which amendment was, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the ques tion to add the words "upon this day three months." Question again proposed, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." Debate resumed—Motion made, and question, " That the debate be now , adjourned," put and negatived. Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided — ayes, 282; noes, 53. ITM —282. Acton, Sir J. Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Murray, William Adderley, C. B. Forester, Col. G. C. Napier, Sir C. Agnew, Sir A. Forster, Charles Newark, Lord Angerstein, W. Foster, W. 0. Noel, G. J. Antrobus, E. Fortescue, Hon. D. North, Col. Arnett, Sir J. Fortescue, C. S. North, F. Ashley, Lord Gallwey, Sir W. P. Ogilvy, Sir J. Atherton, W. Galway, Viscount Onslow, Guildford Ayr+nn, A. S. Gard, R. S. Packe, G. H. Bagwell, J. Garnett, W. J. Padmore, R. Baines, E. Gavin, Major ' Paget, C. Ball, E. Gifford, Earl of Paget, Lord A. Baring, Sir F. Gilpin, Colonel Paget, Lord C. E. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gilpin, C. Pakenham, Col. Bazley, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. Pakington, Sir J. S Beach, W. W. B. Glyn, G. C. Palmerston, Visot. Beanaish, F. B. Goddard, A. L. Patten, J. W. Beaumont, W. B. Gore, J. R. 0. Peacocke, G. M. Beecroft, G. S. Gower, F. L. Peel, Sir R. Bellew, R. M. Greenwood, J. Peel, Gen. Bentinck, G.C. Gregory, W. H. Peel, F. Bernard, W. S. Gregson, S. Pennant, Col. Bethel', Sir R. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Pevensey, Viscount Black, Adam Griffith, C D. Pilkington, James Blackball', P. Gurdon, B. Pinney, Wm. Blake, J. A. Hadfield, Geo. Ponsonby, A. Booth, Sir R. G. Hamilton, Major Portman W. H. B. Bouverie, E. P. Banbury, R., jun. Powys, L. P. Bouverie, P. P. Banbury, Captain Pritchard, John Bramston, T. W. Hankey, Thomson Proby, Lord. G. L. Briscoe, J. I. Hanmer, Sir J. Pugh, D. (Mont.) ' Brocklehurst, John Harcourt, G. G. V. Puller, C. W. Browne, Lord J. T. Hardy, Gathorne Redmond, J. E. Bruce, C. L. C. Hartington,Marquis Repton, G. W. J. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hartopp, E. B. Ricardo, J.L. Buller, J. W. Headlam, Thos. E Ricardo, 0. Buller, Sir A. Heneage, G. Ridley, Sir M. W. Burghley, Lord Henley, Lord Ridley, G. Calcutt, F. Herbert, H. A. Robertson, D. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Herbert, S. Rothschild,Baron L Carnegie, Hon. C. Herbert, Col. P. E. Roupell, W. Castlerosse, Vist. Hervey, Lord A Russell, Hastings Cave, S. He gate, Sir F. Russell, A. J. E. Cavendish, Hon. W. Hill, Hon. R. Russell, F. W. Cavendish, Lord G. Hodgkinson, G. Russell, Sir Wm. Childers, H. C. E. Holford, R. S. St. Aubyn, J. Cholmeley, Sir M. Hood, Sir A. Salomons,Alderman Churchill, Lord A. Howard, Hon. C. Scholefield, W. Clay, James Howard, Lord E. G. Scott, Sir W. Clifford, C. C. Hutt, W. Selwyn, C. J. Clive, George Ingham, R. Seymour, Sir M. Cobbett, J. M. Jackson, W. ' Seymour, Digby Cochrane, A. D. James, Edwin Shafto, R. D. Codrington, Sir W. Jermyn, Earl Shelley, Sir J. V. Cogan, W. H. Jolliffe, Capt. H. Sibthorp , Ma j or Cole, Hon. H. A. Kekewich, S. Slaney, R. A. Cole, J. L. Kennard , C. Smyth, Col. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Kershaw, J. Somerset, Col. E. Craufurd, E. H. J Kinglake, A. W. Spooner, R. Crossley, Frank Kinglake, Serj. J. Stacpoole, W. Dalglish, Robert Kingscote, Lt.-Col. S tuart, Col. Darner, L. S. W. D. Knatchbull, W Strae,ey, Sir H. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Knox, Major W. S Sturt, H. G. Dawson, R. P. Laing, S. Talbot, C. R. M. Deasy, Rickard Lanigan, J. Thompson, H. S. Deedes, Wm. Legh, W. Thornhill, W. P. Denman, G. Lennox, Lord G. C. Tollemache, J. H. Dent, John Dent Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Tomline, G. Dickson, Col. Lindsay, W. S. Trefusis, Hon. C. H Dillwyn, Lewis L. Locke, John Trelawny, Sir J. S. Douglas, Sir C. Locke, Jos. Trollope, Sir John Du Cane, Chas. Lockhart, A. E. Turner, J. A. Duff, M. E. Lowe, Rt. Hon. B. Upton, Genoa' Duff, Major. L 3 7,isc ,la AV J. Valetort, Lord Duke, Sir JamesVandeleur, Col. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Maguire, J. F. Vansittart, Wm. Duncombe, W. E. Mainwaring, T. Villiers, Rt. Hon. (3 East, Sir J. B. Malins, R., Vivian, H. H. Egerton, Sir P. March, Earl of Walter, John Egerton, E. C. Martin, P. W. Way, Arthur E. Egerton, A. F. Martin, J. Wemyss, J. Egerton, W. Massey, W. N. Western, T. 'S. Enfield, Viscount Matheson, A. Whalley, G. H. Ennis, Jehn Mellor, John Whitbread, S. Esrnonde, John Mildmay, H. White, Col. H. Estcourt, S. • Miller, William Winnington, Sir T, Euston, Earl of Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Rt Yin. Sir C. Ewart, William Moncreiff, J. Woods, Henry Ewart, J. C. Monson, W. J. Wyndham, Capt. ii. Ewing, H. E. C. Montgomery, Sir G. Wynne, M C. G. Farrer, James Mordaunt , S ir G. Wyv M. Fellowes, Edward Morgan, Major Yorke, Hon.E. Fenwick, Henry Morris, D. TELLERS. Ferguson, R. Mowbray, Rt. Irn. J. Brand, H. B. Fobambe, F. J. S. Mundy, William Knatchbull-Hugess NOES-53. Adam,W. P. Hassard, M. D. Roebuck, J. A. T. Astell, J. IL Henley , J. Rowley, J. R. Millie, H. J. Hennessy, J. P. Seymour, H. D. Boyd, John Hope, G. W. Smith, Augustus Bruen, Henry Hopwood, J. T. Smith, Sir F. Buxton, C. Horsfall, T. B. Smollett, P. Calthorpe, F. H. Horsman. E. Somes, Joseph Cartwright, Col. H. King, Hon: , L. Stanley, Lord Crawford, R. W. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Sykes, Col. W. H. Crook, Joseph Liddell, Hon. H. G. Torrens, R. Dodson, John G. Longfield, Robert Vance, John Elphinstone, Sir J Marjoribanks, D. C. Verney, Sir Harry Farquhar, Sir M. Milnes, R. M. Williams, W. Fergusson, Sir J. Montagu, Lord R. Willoughby, Sir H. Finlay, A. S. Mure, David Wynne, W. W. B. Freeland, H. W. Newdegate, C. N. Goldsmid, Sir F. Papillon, P. O. TELLERS. Gordon, C. W. Parker, Major W. Colebrooke, Sir T.E, Greene, Capt. J. Rich, H. Mills, A. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT —Cown4, July 2.—The royal family are expected a Osborne House on Wednesday next. The Prince and Princess Lienengen arrived at No. 1, Parade-terrace, West Cowes, for the season, this day. Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman and family at White Rose cottage to-morrow. The Hon. Charles Petro has taken Rose Lodge for six weeks. Mr. Rayner has taken Norfolk House for three months. Sir Frederick Arthur, Bart., has taken No. 5, Parade-terrace, for six months. THE CHANNEL FLEET.— GREAT YARMOUTH, July 2.—The Channel fleet—consisting of the Royal Albert, 120 ; Donegal, 101; Conqueror, 101; Algiers, 91; Centurion, 91; Aboukir, 91; Mars, 80 ; Mersey, 40 ; Edgar, 40 ; Diadem, 32 ; and Locust (corvette), 3—loft Yarmouth Roads to-day at 3 a.m., with the exception of the Centurion, which remained behind for the purpose of recovering a lost anchor. The squadron steered south for Deal, and will, it is expected, - afterwards proceed to Spit head. Yesterday and to-day vast numbers of persons visited Yarmouth from Norwich, Ipswich, Lowestoft, and other neighbouring towns, and the disappointment experienced by the excursionists in consequence of the departure of the fleet was, of course, very keen. The townspeople also an ticipated that the squadron would make a longer stay off the port, and it was proposed to invite the officers to a ball and other festivities. The exigencies of the naval service have, of course, put an abrupt terminatio n to these arrange ments.' Probably 5,000 persons visited Yarmouth to-day and yesterday, and the beachmen and steamers made a rich harvest in conveying the more adventurous; strangers on board and alongside the larger vessels of the fleet. The sea was rather rough, and Father Neptune exacted his dues with somewhat unpleasant rigour. THE LATE LOSS OF LIFE ON THE EAST COAST. — The subscription commenced in Yarmouth and Lowestoft in aid of the widows and orphans of the 200 poor fishermen connected with those ports whose lives were sacrificed in the late dreadful gale now exceeds £3,000, and is expected to reach a total of at last £5,000. It will be seen from the subjoined letter that her Majesty has not been backward in expressing her sympathy with the movement :—" Bucking ham Palace, June 29, 1860.—Sir,—I have had the honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen and the Frince Con sort your letter of the 25th inst., together with the satisfac tory report which accompanied it. I am commanded to assure you of the deep sympathy of her Majesty and his Royal Highness with the poor people at Yarmouth and in the neighbourhood who have suffered from the dreadful misfortune which occurred in May. I have been further tommanded to forward to you the enclosed check for £2OO as a joint donation from the Queen and the Prince towards the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, C.B.,PniPrs. —W. Worship, Esq., Mayor of Yarmouth." BARBAROUS MURDER.—A shocking murder was perpetrated at Road, a village about four miles from Frome, on Saturday morning last. Mr. S. S. Kent, a gentleman holding a lucrative situation as inspector of factories for the district, lives in a house standing in his own grounds at Road. On Saturday morning, about seven o'clock, it was found that one of his sons, a fine lad just four years of age, was missing from his cot in the nurse's room, in which he usually slept, and after an hour's search his body was found stuffed down the seat of a privy on the premises, the throat being cut so as to almost sever the head from the body, and a large stab being apparent near the heart, evidently inflicted after death, as no blood had flowed from it. The body was wrapped in a blanket be longing to its bed, and he appears to have been killed while still asleep. The perpetrator is as yet undiscovered, but of course the most diligent inquiries are being made. It is evident th it the guilty person must have been in the house over night, for all the fastenings were exactly as they had been left the previous night, whelk Mr. Kent himself saw they were secure, except the drawing-room window which opens on to the lawn ; this was a little way open and the shutters unfastened, but no violence had been used either there or at the drawing-room door. The wounds were appa rently inflicted with a large table knife, but no such weapon nor any clothes stained with blood have as yet been found on the premises. The knife it is supposed was wiped on a piece of paper, which has been found. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Kent and seven children, three girls and one boy being children by the first wife, and two little girls and the deceased by the present Mrs. Kent. It is a singular fact that nearly three years ago the two younger children of Mr. Kent's first wife—Constance and William—considering themselves to be ill-treated, started off, both dressed in male attire, and were not found for two days. They have now recently returned from school. It seems almost beyond belief that the child could have been abducted from the nurse's room without her knowledge; nevertheless no sus picion attaches to her. THE LICENSING SYSTEM OF SCOTLAND —The Royal Commission of inquiry on this subject, which visited and took evidence in different parts of Scotland, on the working of the Forbes Mackenzie Alt and p r i or s t a t u t e s regulating the sale and consumption of liquors in Scotland, have published their report. Their testimony is favourable to the existing system, as having been productive of bene ficial effects, and as being in accorda nce w ith th e w i s h e s of the public generally. They, however, recommend certain changes, such as fixing a minimum rental for licensed houses, according to the size and population of the towns and districts; reconstituting the appeal courts, so as to prevent those who had refu s ed a lic en ce to an applicant again voting in the appeal court ; that the certificates for inn and hotelkeepers should be altered, so as to enable them to sell in their licensed premises provisions to be sold for consumption beyond the premises; that persons falsely re presenting themselves as travellers, so as to it duce hotel keepers to sell to them exciseable liquors on Sunday, shall bo held guilty of an offence, and liable to fine; that magis trates or justices shall have a discretion in allowing hotels or public-houses to be opened earlier than 8 a.m., and to allow hotels or taverns of a certain class to keep open till 12 p.m., en paying one-half more duty, and also to extend the usual hour on occasion of any public entertainment; that railway refreshment-rooms may be kept open fir passengers only at all hours of day or night at which trains are passing or about to pass ; that persons taken into cu tody in a state of in toxication for protection by the police may be fined in imprisoned fora not exceeding 5 5., or in default of payme nt for a term not exceeding. 24 hours; that all prosecutions under under the acts shall be conducted by the Procurator-Fiscal of the county or reburgh, and that the provisions cbe of the_ to act for the suppssioa of shebeens sh e 7 tk the ex end S co tland. The commissioners add that they to Scotland of a bill on the principle tohfl.nthenesylnhan_f ce llor of the Exchequer's bill to regulate .the g refr es hment-houses would be highly expedient. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1341 25 .. 1340 25 Northern New ditto 867 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 875 877 50 Geneva 398 75 .. 385 Southern 515 515 Western Eastern ... . Sardinian Austrian Lombard THE PENINSULAR MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Woodgates, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 38 passengers, 39 packages of specie, value £26,916, and the following cargo : 818 boxes of potatoes, 2 baskets do., 250 boxes of onions, 30 baskets do., 174 half-chests of lemons, 215 boxes of eggs, and 15 packages of sundries. The Tagus sailed from Lisbon on the 27th of June ; Oporto, 28th ; and Vigo, the 29th. From the 27th to the 28th of June she encountered very strong northerly winds and heavy sea across the bay, strong north-easterly winds, and clear, with heavy head sea. On the 30th, at 5.30 a.m., lat. 43.45 N., long. 8.45 W., spoke the Indus, with the outward mails for Bombay ; and the Sultan, with the outward Peninsular mails of the 27th. The Portuguese squadron, three Dutch frigates, and her Majesty's ship Dover were at Lisbon. LISBON, JUNE 27. A Bill has been presented in the Deputies for a loan of 1,500 centos de reis, or £350,000 sterling, on the plea of armaments and raising the army to 50,000 men. -., The bill further enacts that all not comprised in the army up to 40 years of age are to enter a second line, and from 40 to 60 a third line. The former not to serve out of the .country ; the latter out of their respective districts —wisely adding that they are to be armed only in time of peace and be drilled in time of war. The African Company's vessel Estephania was chartered by Government to convey troops to An gola, and was beached for the purpose of cleaning her bottom, but on doing so she struck on the rocks on the south side of the Tagus, and being unable to be repaired or to proceed on her voyage she was sent to Cadiz on the 24th June, under sail, to be docked. The Dutch frigate, Esertson, and Admiral Van Wassener, Zealand, are in port ; the two former are leaky, and, being unable to repair, Will return to Holland. Her Majesty's steamer Diver, from Plymouth, arrived on the 23d ; sailed 26th for Africa. Exchange cn London for this packet is quoted at three months, 531 ; Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, ; Hamburg, 471 ; Genoa, 529. Rentes, 3 per cent. interest from Ist of July, 451 to 46; Coupons, 44 to 45 ; Deferred, 33 to 331 ; Lisbon Bank, 550 milreis ; Oporto Bank, 256 mil reis; Mercantile Bank, 250 milreis. THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Tyne, with the Bra— zilian and River Plate Mails, arrived off Hurst Castle at 1.5 p.m. to-day. - - THE DATES OF STREETS AND BUILDINGS. —Many houses of variuus dates—some of them in no way remark able for external appearance —the time, and some short circumst an ces connected with t heir erection, attract a cer- tain amount of attention from the wayfarer; and as time rolls on the value of those dates becomes the greater. Why, therefore, shoul d this g ood old-fashioned custom be so little thought of iu these modern days ? It should be considered that, in due course, the p,.e•ent reign, and all connected with it, w ill become antiquities, when the marks which record the s tructures of Queen Victoria's times will be looked upon with as much interest as those of Queen Elizabeth's now are by us.—kolder. MARS FOR THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The contract packets which, were established in . June, 1859, for the conveyance of mails between Malta and Corfu, in consequence of .the Austrian Postal Service between Trieste and the lonian Islands having been interrupted by war, will be withdrawn after the departure of the mails ap pointed to be despatched from this country via Southampton on the 4th, and via Marseilles on the 10th of July next; and all correspondence for the lonian Islands posted after the above dates, will, unless specially addressed to be sent otherwise, be forwarded as formerly in the closed mails to Prussia via Belgium, for transmission' by the Austrian packets from Trieste. Letters and. Newspapers for the lonian Islands, sent via Trieste, will be liable to the followingrates of postage, viz.:— LETTERS.--Not exceeding s oz., ls. ; above 2 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. ; above 1 oz. and not 2 ozs., 4s. ; for each additional oz., 2s. NEWSPAPERS.—British rate, Id. each. Foreign rate, 11-a. per 2 oz. according to weight. The postage of letters may either be paid in ad vance, or it may be left to be paid on delivery of the letters, at the option of the sender, but the postage on newspapers must be paid in advance or they cannot be forwarded. Registered letters will be liable to a fee of 9d. each, and upon such letters both the fee and postage must be paid in advance. In addition to the regular mails via Trieste, ship letter mails will be forwarded to the lonian Islands by the private steamers which leave Liverpool three times a month for Corfu. These ship letter mails will be made up principally for the trans mission of soldiers' and seamen's letters, and of books and newspapers, but any letters which the public may desire to send by ship from Liverpool will be so forwarded if specially addressed— " By Private Ship from _ - _Livcrpooo - Letters thus forwarded will be liable to a postage of 6d. per oz. ; books to a postage of 3d. per 4 ounces; and newspapers to a postage of id each, which must in all cases be paid in advance. Letters to and from soldiers and seamen in her Majesty's service, posted under the special regula tions applicable to such letters, will be chargeable with a rate of ld. only. • By Command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, 2d July, 1860. THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE RED JACKET. The following extract is from a letter written on board the Red Jacket, during her last voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, which port she reached near the end of April : " The morning after I bade you good-bye I got the pistol, and a capital one it is. It is of the newest construction and best maker—Adams' patent. It came in useful much sooner than I expected it would. During a fight one night, about half-past ten o'clock, between a sailor and a passenger, the captain and his officers got some little mal treatment from the other sailors, who also threatened in no very gentle ' terms, what they would do to them and the ship. After they had managed to put the refractory sailor in irons, the captain asked the saloon passengers to assist him in bringing the other sailors to reason, instructing such as had pistols to load them and prepare to go in for the Derby, as B— would phrase it. H? then came to me and asked f would assist him to arrest some of the crew. I, i l of course, was rather glad of the opportunity for a little excitement, and willingly went with him. Our party consisted of the captain, the two mates, another passenger, and myself. We went down on to the main deck right into the middle of the enraged seamen, about fifty in number, and or dered three of them to go aft. Fortunately, they were willing, feeling rather certain, I suppose, of a rescue by their comrades. After great resistance we put them in irons. At this instant, alarmed by the shouts of the men we were ironing, the whole of the crew came aft to rescue them. But they had counted without their host, for we received them on the points of our bayonets, of which, with old muskets, the ship possesses a dozen. The rest of the passengers were armed with sabres of no mean weight. The sailors looked first at our bayonets, then at our sabres and pistols, and came to the conclusion that discretion was the better part of valour. Every one, however, ex pected to see their faces again that night; so, about one o'clock, the passengers were divided into two watches, each with a captain. One watch kept on deck, and the other went into the saloon till four o'clock, when they came and relieved us. Next day three watches were formed, and I was second in command of ours. They consisted of 12 privates each, all armed, and took four hours night and day in turn. We were obliged to keep it up for about three weeks ; and it was duringthese watches at night, that we had the jolliest talks and stories of Australia, New Zealand, and the old country. At the end of that time three of the prisoners were liberated, and the watch dismissed. The captain thanked us all, and said he felt confident, if it har' not been for the prompt way in which we had as sisted him, there would have been life lost, if not also the ship. As it was, there was a little blood spilt, for one of the sailors got rather a severe prick from a bayonet in his stern quarters We still have to keep our pistols loaded, though, what with extra work and the loss of their grog, the sailors are pretty well cowed now." The increase in the receipts of the last Christmas quar ter over that of 1858, is £7,917 lls. 10d. The increase in the receipts of the last Lady-Day quarter over that of 1859, is £5,114 10s. 10d. The increase in the receipts of the pre sent Midsummer quarter over that of 1859, is £2,006 35. ld. The increase in the receipts of the nine months of 1860 over the corresponding three quarters of 185 Q, is £15,038 ss. 9d. Total withdrawals from the formation of the So ciety (Sept. 7, 1852) to Midsummer, 1860, £111,234 2s. sd. Total sale of land during the above period, £239,883 11d. The returns of the register of order of rights are as follows : —Completed 3,656, drawn 3,058, seniority 1,606, total 8,320 ; deduct rights exercised on estates, &c., 5,869 ; un exercised rights, 2,451. The last share number on the register by seniority, after the drawing this day, will be about No. 11,965, and the last share taken up to the 24th of June inclusive, was No. 15,648.' The Iffey Road Estate, within smile of Oxford, was offered through the re gister on the 23d of May, after a public meeting on the 16th at Oxford, at which a deputation from the board attended, to explain the mode of allotment. The sale of the plots on this picturesque property is making good progress. An arrangement has been made for the supply of water to every villa or house that may be built .th °ewe. No•time will be lost.te comp lete the roads, as intimation has already been given of an i ntention to commence building opera tions forthwith. On the same day of allotment, foar well-secured freehold ground-rents, on the Battersea estate, were offered, and readily taken by holders of early rights of choice. The Conservative Land Society has acquired its forty-first estate, by a second purchase in Hertfordshire. The land has one frontage to the Ware road, being the continuation of Fore-street, in the town of Hertford, and the other frontage is in the Station-road, or Railway-place. As this property Is immediately adjacent to the Hertford Terminus of the Ware and Hertford branch. (from Broxbourne Junction) of the Eastern Counties Rail way—Cambridge Line, and is built up to on all sides, more eligible sites for building could not be found in the increas ing town of Hertford, There are twenty-six plots, of which one is priced at £33 95., two at £36115. 6d., five at £40155., two at £4l 165., four at £42 175., three at £45 195., one at £49 25., two at £6B 195., one at £72 is. 6d., three at £lO4 95., one at £lO7 125., and one at £ll4 18s. No time having been lost in the legal arrangements, the Executive Committee are in a position to allot this highly eligible estate on the 18th of July. The Executive Committee, in making the announcement of the above allotment, have the satisfaction of adding, that on the same day will be offered, through the Register of Rights, a first portion of the Roehampton Park Estate, and the Camberwell houses. In mapping 26 plots for selection on the Roehampton plan, the committee have kept in view two important considerations ; the first, that the sale of the land to be offered on the 18th of July will not in the slightest degree interfere with the future disposal of the mansion, and as much of the park attached thereto, as any nobleman or gentleman may desire to purchase; and secondly, that the laying out of the 26 plots shall be in harmony with the portions of land previously sold for first class villas. The sites selected for the present al lotment are in the south-west part of the estate, partaking of both the Richmond-park and Putney-heath boundaries, with the finely wooded scenery and immunity from being built against which the Royal -park and Putney-heath both secure. The plots will be sold land-tax and tithe free, the prices inoluding cost of conveyance and every expense, save the timber, which will be paid for by valuation if the purchaser elects to take the trees with the land. There will be one plot at £lO2 75., one at £lO3 Bs., one at £lO4 95., one at £lO5 10s., one at £lO6 Hs., one at £lO7 125., eight at £lOB 135., one at £lO9 145., one at £19465., one at £l9B 9s. 6d., one at £2Ol 125., two at £206 165., one at £266 75., one at £475 55., one at £487 15s. 6d., one at £626 145., ene at £630 18s„ and one at £696 13s. 6d., the quantities varying from 36-t perches up to la. lr. 3p. Both on the Hertford and Roehampton Estates the takers of each plot will have the privilege of borrowing seven-eights of the cost, paying. the balance in monthly or other instalments, at the rate of 10s. per month for every £5O worth of land. The freehold houses included in the allotment of Wednesday, the 18th inst., are situated in Denmark road, Camberwell, in the parishes of Camberwell and Lambeth, and are offered land tax redeemed and tithe free. Every house is let, produc ing the following rents—Herne Cottage, £3O ; Clifton Cottage, £3O ; Denmark Cottage, £23 ; No. 6, Denmark. place, £23 •, No. 5, £24 ; No. 6, £22 ; No. 7, £23 ; No. 8, £24, No. 10, £22. The allotted prices, conveyance free, will be from £350 to £455 each, ,according to situation and size. The taker of one or more of the houses will have the option of completing the purchase within a month from the day of allotment, or availing himself of the borrowing power of three-fourths of the cost, paying the loan in monthly or other instalments, under the society's loan scales. The executive committee beg to remind allottees on the society's estates in various counties, that Friday, the, 20th of July, is the final day for sending in claims for the freehold franchise in counties. The solicitor must be sup plied with the necessary deeds to substantiate, free of ex pense to the members, claims at the Registration Courts, the applicants specifying the most convenient polling dis trict to vote, inthe county in which their property is situated. Changes of residence or alterations in qualification should be at once made known at the society's offices. As the next general election may take place under the registration of 1860, the earliest attention of holders of plots is requested, `hat they may be duly registered. The resolution for the reception of the report was carried I unanimously. _ . WILLS AYD BEQUESTS. The late Countess Granville : The will of the Right Hon. Marie Louise Pellirie de Dalberg, Countess Granville, wife of the Right Hon. Gran ville George Leveson Gower, Earl Granville, K G., Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council, was proved, with a codicil, on the 20th instant, and administration granted to her husband, Earl Gran ville, the sole executor to her will, which was limited to the personal estate, over which, by settlements made on her marriage, in 1840, her ladyship had a disposing power of appointment. This lady being of the Catholic religion, some of the bequests are in favour of that community. She leaves to her husband, Earl Granville, some policies of assurance effected on her life, and directs a sum to be appro priated for the support of t he religious worship of the Roman Catholics in Aldenham, Salop ; and also an income to be bestowed upon the officiating priest of that place ; and a leg ac y of £6O i s also to be g iven to each of the priests offic i ating at the place of worship in Farm street, Berkeley-square. Her ladyship, who was twice married, has be queathed to her only son, Sir John Emeric Edward Dalberg Acton, Bart., son of her ffrst husband, Sir Richard R. E. Acton, Bart., all the rest of her disposable property in England, France, and elsewhere, and has nomi nated her son residuary legatee. The Countess has charged her estate with an annuity of £5OO per annum, which her son is directed to pay to the Countess's mother. Her ladyship was the only child and heir of Emeric Joseph Duke of Dalberg. The Countess died at Brighton on the 14th March last, at the age of forty-nine ; and her will bears date the 16th of February, 1852. . The late Baroness von Speth Schulzburgh ; The will and codicil of Maria Walburg Baroness von Speth Schulzburg, of Castle Schulzburg, in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, was administered to in London on the 15th of June, by John Charles Edward Nickell, Esq., the lawful attorney of Fried rich Christian Wagner, Privy Councillor in Am orbach, in the kingdom of Bavaria, the sole executor, having been first proved in the Royal Bavarian Provincial Court. This lady died in London, un married. She was formerly Lady of Honour to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and was of distinguished Bavarian rank. The Baroness was possessed of property in England and abroad. The will was written in German, disposing of her foreign securities and of a great variety of jewellery and plate, which she has left among her relatives and friends, appointing her two nieces, Mrs. Muller, " born Baroness von Speth," and the Baroness Marie von Speth, her co-heiresses and re siduary legatees ; her wardrobe she leaves to her waiting-woman, The will bears date from C lare nce _.ie House, St. James's Palace, July 18, 1856. T he codicil, which is written in En and is confined solely to some a L a g rt land, to jewellery, and was proved only English, is very articles brief, et. which it had reference, in her 7 The Baroness _Masajesty's Court of Probate, and bears date Feb. 1, 18 ., and afree_ has therein left some mementols,oot r e spe c t hrajesty f t he tion to Royal personage w etch ;" to her her Highness " my small enameled f Highness the Duchess .oa!(en.trrieottshinhpedecimtathfmieunolilanixtdlublstriessttTorofhawhet.eeredder Majesty Queen . V ictoria are other legacies in jewe llery upon Royal _London _Yews, June 30. personages. c. WHITEHALL PREACHERS."—The L or d Bi s h op a s Dean of her Majesty's Chap e l R oyal, has of London as th e following gentlemen to fill the office of TnVihit e hall Preachers" for the two years next ensuing mowing from the 30th ult.) :-1. The Rev. William r c ra e - 311. A., Sub-Rector and Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, n to be the preacher from the University of Oxford, in succession to the Ray. Adam Storey Farrar, M.A., Fel low of Queen's College ; and 2, the Rev. William Emery, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor oaf Corpus Christi College, to be the preacher from the University of Ca m b r id ge, in succes sion to the Rev. Frederick Gall, 8.D., Fellow of Christ College, and Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of London. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. The thirty-first quarterly meeting of this society was held this day at the offices of the company, 33, Norfolk street, Strand. The usual routine business having been disposed of, the report of the executive committee was read as follows : " The Executive Committee, in laying before the mem bers the thirty-first quarterly report, are enabled to state that the general business of the Conservative Land Society for the first three quarters of the eighth financial year, which will end on the 30th September next, has been very satisfactory, as will be shown in the subjoined returns : Shares Shares Total. Quarters ending in Complete Shares. Recei p ts. rogres. £ s. d. Dec. 25,1859 lOl 66 187 17,012 13 2 March 25,1860 l3l 127 258 17,883 13 9 June 24, 1860 Totals for 9 months • 302 253 555 46,937 13 6 Totals to Sept. 30, • 1859. P 12,435 2,658 15,093 407,973 14 5 Gran d totals to Mid summer, 1860 NATIONAL DEFENCES. The interest attached to the fortifications as pro posed by the commissioners appointed to consider the subject of national defences, induces us to give the letter of Major-Gen. S. H. Williams to Mr. Sidney Herbert, in which he declares himself op posed to carrying out the recommendations of the commissioners. The veteran writer is in favour of entrenched camps and a large augmentation of the army. He decries fortifications, and, in support of his views, he brings forward the authority of the Duke of Wellington, whose words, he says, cannot be too often repeated. "I quote them," he writes, "as a proof that my argument is sound. ' There is no mode of resistance, much less of protection, from this danger, except by an army in the field capable of uniting and contending with its formidable enemy." Major-General Williams is most unfair in the version he has given of the gallant Duke's words. The quotation is taken from the celebrated letter to Sir John Burgoyne in 1847 ; and the pas sage here mutilated runs as followsin the original. The distinguished writer is referring to the march of a concentrated invading force on London :—" I know no mode of resistance, much less of protection, from this danger, excepting by an army in the field capable of contending with its formidable enemy, aided by all the means of fortification which expe rience in war can suggest." We do not attribute to Geneva]. Williams a deliberate intention to misrepre sent the greatest military authority of the age. But it is at least extraordinary, if he quoted from memory, how he could remember one . part of the sentence arid forget its concluding and most essential por rie I tion. What should we think of a.lawyer, who, pleading in a court of justice, adduces a dictum of some great judge as favourable to his side of the question, which, on examination, is found to bear directly against him ? Such an attempt at decep tion would only be the means of turning the court against him, and bringing about an adverse deci sion. Major-General Williams is pleading to a court constituted of the nation at large. He has quoted the Duke of Wellington as an advocate of views the opposite of which the great captain clearly expressed ; and, instead of furthering his end by the misquotation, he has greatly damaged his argil. ) fortifi ed i fi s stated to men t. If we take the opinion of Wel lin g ton 's most formidable antagonist, Napoleon , w e find that they e dlaces, agree on the question of for tifications. In the " Conversations de Napoleon a Sainte _Helene," as given by Montholon, Ex-Emp eror theservant have said There are same military men who ask of (a quo' the art of the engineer. Let us entrenched what camps use ask them in turn how is it possible to manoeuvre with inferior or even equal forces without the as sistance of positions of fortifications, and of all the supplementary means of art ?" In approaching the examination of this great national question, then, masters Cesar Charlemagne. Theworld s s u hag known a narrowedthe opinion of Major General Williams is directly oppose d to the recorded convicti ons o f t h e two g reatest tsce ste to the inquiry what sort of fortifications shall we have—forts of solid masonry or improved earthworks. General Williams is averse to per manent forts on the scale proposed, and he contends it would require an addition of forty thousand men to the regul ar army, wh i c h , ta ki ng t h e cost o f eac h man at £6O a nnua ll y , wou ld amoun t t o 21 1 .- millions per annum , or the interest of 80 millions at 3 per cent., to which should be added another two mil lions for raising, training, and lodging without the fortresses in time of peace a portion of that in crease. General Williams, with the prejudice na tural to most military men, lays too little store by the volunteers. They have shown their efficiency in- the most marked manner, and we are inclined to believe that they may be relied upon on the occur rence of war, and that a much shorter period will suffice to render them fit to garrison the forts pro posed than would be required to make them com petent to meet the first shock of fully disciplined troops in the field.— Western Daily Mercury, Ply mouth. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—The Music-hall, IR connexion with the Gn.rdens, has been engaged by Mr. Balfe, the eminent composer, for the purpose of giving a series of concerts, the first of which takes place on the 11th inst. Mr. Sims Reeves, Miss Dolby, Miss Poole, Collins, Santley, and a host of talent appear. The gardens are now' i . in admirable order. Mr. Green, the aeronaut, ascends next Monday.