The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

ea) -,rltuilecs trans - 0w...1; C'..einsTAsk - res Into tue pleasant company of the innaintants and Visitors of "El Fureidis.o The _History and Properties of the Different St Varieties of Natural Guanos. It is to be regretted that any author should make, as in this case, the last page of his pamphlet, 1: not of the cover, an advertisement of his own fees st: for doing what his book recommends. The author also surely forgets that, if as reviewers we recom- t mend his pamphlet, he makes us the instrument of et circulating what ought to appear in the advertising Columns of a newspaper. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLooK. During the past week the general state of busi- et ness in the manfacturing districts has not materially :1, altered. The woollen trade at Leeds has been dull, the Operations in .the Cloth Halls only being for imme- di ate home requirements. At Manchester there has been a slight improve- Bt( went in the inquiry for India, but at lower quota- st: tions. Wools and yarns at Bradford have been in- el active, but the transactions in p iece g oods have :tt: shown a more active inquiry for the home markets. Bt: At Leicester there has been a partial improve eta ment, owing to the receipt of considerable orders for Canada. The iron trade of South Staffordshire et! has continued dull, but a moderate amount of busi- st: ness has been entered into in the various trades st , carried on at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver- hampton. St( There is a brisk demand for discount accommo dation, the supply of bills having increased during Ft ! the last few days, and the rates exhibit rather an s t, upward tendency, very little accommodation being obtainable under 3i per cent. The inquiry is still stimulated by the subscriptions made to now joint- 1, stock projects, which continue to be brought for ward with great rapidity ; and in most instances at, they meet with a favourable reception at the hands st: of the investing public. On the Stock Exchange s i t t ! advances cannot be obtained under 3 or 31 per cent. st, A rather large business was recorded in the K t, Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday, and st prices were very firm. The sales amounted to st st 12,000 bales. 19 _ No bullion operations of importance were re ported at the Bank of England on Saturday. At the forthcoming meeting of the Southampton Dock Company a dividend, for the half-year, will s s t: be proposed at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. St sti The arrivals of specie this morning have been rather important, comprising £54,200 by the :t t : Africa from New York, £162,455 by the Seine from 't sti the West Indies, and £ 3 , 290 by t he Ta g us from Lisbon. The transactions in the market for Public Securities to-day have been limited, and very little ',it; fluctuation has taken place. A heavy tone still prevails, and prices have tended downwards, although no actual movement ha s occurred, Con- 12 ,2i cols being 931 1 for money, and 93 -Z for the t ; account. The New 3 per Cent s. and the Reduced s are steady, at 93! 1; the New 21 per Cents. are 78 ; and Exchequer Bills, 6s. prem. India Loan heavy at 1031 but ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 971. A moderate amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 751 to 76 ; ditto New, CO: to 611. Mexican remain at 21 1; Peruvian 3 per Cents. are flat at 73 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are firm at 991 to 1001 ; and Portuguese are steady at 44/. Spanish Certificates have risen to 57- f :T . st The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, a a prem. ; and the Universal, 1 prem. st In the Railway Share Market the dealings have st been very limited ; a slight upward movement, 81 however, has prevailed in values. Edinburgh, st Perth, and Dundee, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, s l North-Western, North-Eastern (Berwick), and 81 South-Eastern have improved ss. ; Great Northern, Si and Midland, 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, Xl. The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat. Lom bardo-Venetian have receded to llf, 111 ; Dutch Rhenish are steady at 111 a ; and Bahia and San Francisco at 71 y ; Grand Trunk of Canada have s declined to 304 31 ; Great Western of Canada are firm at 121 1 ; East Indian at 991 4 ; and Great 8 Indian Peninsula at 96;'';-. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are s dull, no change of importance being apparent in prices. i I BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 931 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities 7B India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. lO3l f Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditt o Debentures, 1858 96f Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds £ l , OOO 4 Ditto under £l,OOO C ons ols for Account, 6th Sept 931 India Stook for Account — Ditto 6 per Cent E xc h e quer Bills, £l,OOO, lid D tto £5OO 6 6 3 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. 100 i 99i Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent BB Ditt o Deferred 27i Chilian 3 per Cent 73 Mexican 3 per Cent . Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — 73 Ditto 3 per Cent. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. • • Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent .— Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded sa I i I Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 931 Ditto Account, September THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South- st st Westerly ; light breeze with fine warm weather. si PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 12.—Arrived—Goshen, from New Orleans for Bremen. GRIMSBY, Aug. 12.—Arrived—Harlequin, from Quebec. ~, FLEETWOOD, Aug. 11.—Wind, W.—Sailed—Cleopatra, for Miramichi ; Lady of the Lake, for Quebec ; Retreat, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELBGRAyII.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning, Wind W.S.W. (BY SDBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind W. tide last hour's flood ; weather cloudy. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind S.S.W., light, fine. WILLS AND BEQUESTS Sir Fortunatus Dwarris, Knight, Fit S., F.S.A. : the will of Sir Fortunatus William Lilley Dwarris, of Eccleston-square, Pimlico, a Ben cher of t h e Middle Temple, London, and a Master of the Court of Queen's Bench, who died, at the age o 3 f 7, on the 20th of May last, at his residence, Eceleston square, was made by him so far back as the 11th of October, 1822, which is of great length, extending 'to nearly 150 folios, and was entirely in his own handwriting ; but being desirous of revoking the same, he draw his pen through the signature, and had written beneath the attestation clause the following words :—" Revoked and can celled, as utterly inapplicable to the present unhappy state of things, 10th of July, 1853. Fortunatus Dwarris." He had also run his pencil through many pages of his will—the whole of the legatees named therein having died in the lifetime of the testator. No other will being in existence at the time of the testator's decease, letters of a dministration, with the obliterated will annexed thereto, were taken out. The surviving execu t or , Edward Goulburn, Esq., having first re nounced the probate, and Lady Dwarris, the wife of Sir Fortunatus, whom he had constituted resi duary legatee, having died in the lifetimesof her husband, the grant was made to Mrs. Alicia Honora Amoyt (wife of William Henry Amoyt, Esq.), a daughter of the testator. The property, therefore, as the law directs, will have to be divided amongst his four children. The amount of the personalty was sworn' under £7,ooo.—lllustrated London NOWB. 5J1A.T2.13 YAZ?E_FT.--(TIZIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. aroi Railways. Closin g I Businees Paid ' Prim Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena 3.14 Bir., Vol , and Str. Val. ock Birk., La., and Ch Junc 1 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co ock Bristol and Exeter ock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 5 0 Cork and Bandon ..... . 20 cork, liirock., &Passage 20 Cornwall ...... (A gets no div 10 Do A 1 until 6pc peran 10 Do B • hasbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast -Tune. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June 'oak East Anglian ;ock Eastern Counties ock Eastern Union, A stock :ock Do do B do 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 20 East Suffolk 8 84 80 82 114 124 6 7 104 106 93i 94 101 i 5 931 5 81 8 9 17 17i 56 57 38 40 27 29 0 Do ck Edinburgh & Glasgow 3k Edin. Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction .3k Furness _ _ 79 80 30i 31 )ck Glasg. and S. Western 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland )ck Great Northern )ck Do do A stock ,ck Do do B do )ck Gt. S. & W. of Ireland )ck Great Western )ck Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Trish South-eastern )ck Lancashire & Yorkshire )ck London and Blackwall )ck Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover )ck Lond. &Nth. Western [24 Do eighths )ck Lond. & Sth. Western 107 109 1174 1181 118 120 135 137 113 115 72 721 60 65 1094 110 70 71 109 111 11! 12 103 IC3 121 13 95 96 r L'derry Az Coleraine 15 L'derry Ac Ennistollen >ek Man. Shef. & Lincoln iO Maryport and Carlisle i2i Do do I shares l 0 Metropolitan )cl: Midland 10 11 42 13i 3 2d 1291 129! 102 104 Dck Do Birming. & Derby 50 llid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do shares 25 Mid Kent. ..... •••• • • • • 10 Do, Cray Line )0 Newcastle and C grlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, der 10 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Dck Norfolk . • 50 Nt hn. Counties Union.. ck North 8riti5h......._.. tish ..... Dck Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Del: D , A stk ; A reCS no d. until 6pch as beenpd.B Dck Do B stock . Dck Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase Dck Do Leeds ....... ....... Dck Do York Dot North London ........ 16.4 North Staffordshire .... 10 N. and S. W. Junction.. 12 Not. & Grantham Rail.. 10 Peebles . 7 6d 65 57 3} 3 d 64i 65 1001 1004' id IP 554 55! 854 851 105 107 35 .34 d 91 10 6i 7 • Portsmouth O Rhymney ..... .•• • • • ick Scottish Central Ick Scot. N. Ti., Aber. stock ,ek Do Scot. Mid. stock )ck Shropshire Union O Sittingbourne & Sheer ick South Devon • • • • • • , ck South Eastern •• • ,ck South Wales .... • • • • • • ock S. York. and River Dun 0 Staines, Wok,. and Wok :5 Stockton & Darlington 15 Do do • . . Stockton & Hartlepool 115 117 32 33 86 88 51 53 6 7 45 46 90 901 671 64 80 82 6 8 401 411 10 11 p ock Taff Vale . oek Do Pref. No 1 25 ThamesliavenDk&Rail 50 Ulster . 25 Do 554 564 24 p d 34. p i 5 . 5 57 111 )ck Vale of Neath 13 Victoria. Sta. and Pim )ck Waterford & Kilkenny i 0 Waterford & Limerick !0 West C-rnwall !0 West London. 10 Do let class . . !O Do 3cl class .. )ck West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 6i 7i 46 48 11 114 21 2 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Share) Closing Business Railways. P' l " . Price. Done. 25 ythe and Tyne 10 per 18l c. pref. (issued at £5O :tk i flris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 IDo. do. do. Shares ock iCaledon £lO, 41 per cent ock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. (1 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent 61 Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun. 'oek E.Ancm.Class A 7 4Lsp.c bock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c bock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c bock IE. Coon. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Lock iDo. do. No. 2 Lock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. Lock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. took Do. 5 per cent. guar... Jock I 1 din.&Glas. sp.c. shares stock Do. 4p. c. gua. S. &D. k tEdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. A 'Furness, 5 per cent .... stock I Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. ,ek Great Northern, 5 p. ct. ,ek Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Eck ( Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 10 Do. 5p c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 0 Gt. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pf. irk' 'GtSn & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. F; , 4OC , , 10 Great West. Clerks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct cic . to. Redeemable,4lp.ct. ,ck Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Ick Do. Irredeemable, do Eck 1D0.5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. firm. Pref. Shares. 0 (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. l [0 Do dcs p. ct. pref )ck Do Birmg.guar. stock.. . 1) LA Do. Chester „ma. shares [3l Do. do. do. 0 o. do. do. ck Lan.&York 6p. c. stock ck Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc ck Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Eck Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l ,ck Do. 5 p. c No. 2 , ek Do. g - ua. 6 p. c. ,ck Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 elt Do. do. 41 per cenf - . .... 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. )ck Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. )ek Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) )ek Do.4p.e.S.(div.deftil '65) t 5 Lon. Chat. and Dover.. , ck Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... ,ck Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock ,ck Do. 41 per cent 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of2s. 6 e 1..... ..... 21 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. [2l Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. )ck Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 )ck Do. 31 per cent [0 Do. redeem. 6 per cent [2l Mary;:ort & Car., 4p. c 121 Do. 41 per cent )ek Mid. Con. 6 p. C. stock Eck Do.Con.Bris. &Bin 6 p.c. ,ck IDo. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 I Do. with option till 1860 , ck Do. T,eic. & Hit. pref. st. .ck Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 ,ek Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ,ek IDo.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 )elt N - orth British, 5 p. C. )ck Do. New, gur. 5 p. c.... 1 [Ol I Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs l [0 • Do. do. do. ck Nth.Dev.R ail. & Dck.Co. ,ek N-Ea st.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. ,ck Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 7 Do. do. do 0 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 21 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 :5 Do. York, H. &S. Purch to North Staffordshire to Rhyrnney Guaranteed. 81 Scottish Central, new pf )ck Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock )ck Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. c k Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. .0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) ick Do. 41 per cent ,ck Do. Fixed ' 1 p.c. Ist is 1 ,ck south Wales, ~, r ua. 4 p.c. IA Do. 41 per cent )ck S.-Yorkshire, 4p.c.gu a. t 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c ~ .5 Do. B 6 per cent t 5 Do. C 6 per cent )ck Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. )ck W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do 10 Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf. red. 10 Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866 10 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 10 Do. do. 2d is. 10 Do. - Hereford 41 p.c. pf. [O4 105 204 214 5t iii 99 101 114 110 105 110 112 114 111 113 127 130 81 83 112 114 90 92 79 80 103 105 118 120 118 120 112 114 106 108 87 89 99 100 [OO 102 89 91 91 93 102 104 10 10i 17 18 194 11 77 79 201 21 10/ 104 151 154 137 139 141 1161 114/ 1161 138 143 1141 116/ 102 104 52 156 [3O 134 68 70 20} 2q 117 119 1524 157. 12i 121 126 128 69 71 P 139 141 104 105 95 97 112 114 I 110 112 - 1* p 92 94 991 1001 d ip d * * p 23 231 73 75 122 124 130 135 101 111 241 241 104 106 104 106 91 93 100 102 86 88 28 29 33 341 33 34 48 51 129 132 127 12 10 10i 12 121 11i 12i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Pst—, A Leasing Closing I Business , Co.'s. Price: Done. Bedford andllietehley all Ln & N.W .. .. Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln (lc N.W, 98 100 Chester dc Holyhead.. 100 Do. , 52 53 Do. do. 5i per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do 112 114 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin'lo2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.II.ArE CI 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c. 100 Gt.'North. 139 141 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 4 I 4a Do. Woodbridge . 100 Gls.Barr.dc Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin Do. New .. . . ... .. 100 Da . , ..._ _ Gl os ter& Dean * Forest all Gt.Viefa. 11artlpool.Dck.ftRail. all Yk.N.Scllr Hull and Selby . . all Yk.N. Md. 112 114 Do. Shares . .... all Do. i Do. Shares ....... all Da Lanc.dz Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 Ln.&N.W 212 213 London dc Greenwich 100 . East 62 64 Do. Preference ••• • • . 100 o. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 NPeotrfoolk _ Co. 92i 9_3i Lowe stoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Tat all 'LNWdzil 8 31 Manc.,Buxtn. dz 3 . rd Prefer 31id. Bradf 0.. Do. 6 per cent... ... k .. 100 IDo. 100 Midland 97 99 ence Stock .. • .... • Newmarkt,BufyEx 1 5, 5. 6E.Counts i i p guaranteed 5 p. c. 56 IS Do. do. 6 per cent . • • • 11 Do Do. Fixed 5 per c • ent a • all ,Do. Northn.dc Eastn. 5 p.c. 11 '3lldland 14,1 15 all 'Do. North Western ...... a ,L& Nye) ~_ Preston and Wyre. all & L.yk. 3 , Do. , Stares .... . A. all D at o :N . Wi " th Roystallitch., .. Shep' 100 . 13 - 7 1:19 Shrewsbry& Hereford, 100 1 T.Brassey 106 18 Routh Staffordshire . all M'Clean lOl 11: Wilts and Somerset.: 100 Gt. `Vest. 92 94 Wimbledon dc Croydn.' all L.& Brgt24-- 7 8 i -- - pp C.K: S• ----- --- --- -.--- DOCk S --- . -- ______ Closing Business Share Docks. Paid' Price. Do ne. -----_ -- stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.PretHin lOO stock East and West Indies lBO stock London lOO stock ISt. Katharine lOO stock !Southampton lOO stock !Victoria . k 20 (Do Xelv • • . ........„ * id p stoc' stocl all 100 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 17J all *ll 1 100 all 100 100 100 P. 13.4. 100 100 100 all all THE SJN, LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1866. THIS DAY'S MARKETS'. to is 9d; lamb's, is 2d to is 41d; handwash , O , 1, 7 ,1 • pieces, lld to is 31d ; grease, lld to is 2d ; other kinds, is 2d to 2s. Cape—Clean sheep's, is ld to 2s 2d ; lamb's, is 4d to is 9d; handwashed, is Old to is 3id ; skin, is sd; grease, 10d to is Old per lb. Privately the market is firm as to price. Last week's imports were 820 bales from Algoa Bay, and 180 from the Cape. TALLOW There is less firmness in the demand for fallow, neverthe less prices are fairly supported. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 52s to 52s 3d ; for the last three months, 52s per cwt. ; rough fat, 2s 91,-,d per 81bs. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860. Stoc rY.C.Stock this 10,641 12,577 11,71 6 . 21,525 86,681 Price 53s 6d to 65s Od to 4980 d to 55s Olto 526 Od to I 53s 9d —s Od —s Od —s Od 52s 3d Delivery last week 1,503 1,873 2,810 1,799 1,893 Ditto from June 1 23,059 16,359 12,354 11,153 17,981 Arrivals last week 405 2,581 304 965 2,266 Ditto from June 1 15,991 15,792 16,503 20,697 27,568 Price of Town .... 55s 9d 66s 6d 50s Od 55s Id 55. Od STATEMENT OP TALLOW SHIPPING AT VT. PETERSBURG. Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 186 0 . 1859. 1858. to July 18, 0. S. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks poods to the cask) 36,881 23,855 15,157 In ships loading and lighters 7,063 2,916 1,689 Total loaded offfrom St. Petersburg, July 20, 0. S 43,017 26,771 16,846 Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 88,022 112,012 London Liverpool 1,688 313 Bristol Other English ports Scotland Germany 409 732 552 France Total 36,881 23,855 15,157 MR BRIGHT AND THE PRIVILEGES. OF THE COMMONS. The following curious statement has been for- warded to us for publication : " Constitutional Defence Committee, 25, Birchin lane, London, Aug. 6, 1860. "To THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. " Gentlemen,—A small section of the Execu tive Committee you appointed, comprising the proprietors, the editors, writers, contributors, and partisans of the star, having betrayed and virtually abandoned the cause you intrusted to their hands, have now determined that you shall not be convened to hear an account of their pro ceedings. I think, however, it is due to you as well as to myself that you should know the truth, and so be enabled to Judge for yourselves, and to act as you may think fit. In my opinion an execu tive is appointed to carry out the objects of the general committee, and has no right to surrender those objects, or to terminate or suspend the pro secution of them, without their sanction. " The agitation, you will remember, was com menced by Mr. Bright, and he at once became its leader, and the 11Iorning iStar its principal organ. The prominent part thus taken by the' Manchester Party' certainly gave a rude, impulsive, and reck less vigour to the movement, but this was accom panied by a lamentable want of judgment and capacity for the accomplishment of a successful issue. It had, moreover, the effect of repelling many of its warmest friends, several leading Lon don papers, and many of the towns, even in the north, who could not sympathise and would not be identified with what they consider the sordid and detestable tenets of that school. " When Lord Palmerston's resolutions appeared it was clear that they did not deny, but, on the contrary, as plainly as words and phrases could imply admitted, both the power and the right of the Lords to impose taxes, provided the power were not unduly exercised. That was the critical moment—the turning point in the contest—when it became the obvious and paramount duty of this committee to denounce so fatal an admission. And what was the conduct of Hr. Bright and his party then ? At that moment, and before this committee could meet, we saw with utter amazement and consternation that Mr. Bright and the Star had accepted the resolutions under cover of the audacious statement that they were at least so good ' that the whole Conservative party to a man would oppose them.' Either they believed that statement or they did not ; to believe it exhibited an amount of ignorant credulity which would render any party contemptible —not to believe, and yet to publish it, exhibited an amount of impudent imposture which ought to render any poli tical party infamous. They had their choice, and they have it still. They urgently pressed this Committee to abstain from denouncing the re solutions, on the pretext that they were to be fol lowed by some action which would effectually neu tralise them. They were warned that there was no appearance or probability, and certainly no guar antee of any such action, and that if they believed in it they were being duped and imposed upon; but they still persisted in appearing to believe it, and they had a majority to back their credulity. Mr. Bright at the same time used his utmost exer tions and influence to get all amendments with drawn, and to prevent all opposition, and so not only failed to stand by the Constitution himself, but seduced and betrayed others into the same position. Thus the press was silenced—this Committee was silenced—the independent party in the house was silenced and disorganised, and the public stood aghast at the manifest treachery, but knew not whom to accuse. wa ' s ' L a o t rd Palmerston, libertytosay e w h r a l t ie h r e ed from pleased, a a l op and dd p ec o l s a i i t m io e n d , without reserve in defence of the Lords and in dis- paragement of the privileges of the Commons and the rights of the people, amid the plaudits of the Conservatives and the ill-suppressed murmurs of the betrayed followers of Mr. Bright. " On the second night of the debate this Com mittee addressed letters to 20 members of the Libe ral party, entreating them to use every means which the forms of the house would permit to get the de bate adjourned, so that the country might have time to express its opinions on the subject, and several of those members strenuously endeavoured to accomplish that object ; but again Mr. Bright exerted himself to the utmost to paralyze their action, and ultimately threatened to divide against them if they persisted. And so the resolutions passed unanimously—the whole Conservative party, instead of opposing, supporting them, and avowing that they did so bocause they clearly admitted the right of the Lords —and so the journals of the House of Commons, a ft er an e l a b ora t e investiga tion of precedents, are made to bear that damning testimony to posterity. "No -action followed=none was ever intended- perhaps none was ever really expected—Mr. Bright having first betrayed his followers, then deserted, and ultimately disowned them, his friends denying that he had ever been, or wished to be, their leade r . Endeavours were made by this committee, by Lord Fermoy, Mr. Whalley, and others to stimulate some action, but all of them were frustrated by the same party and by similar means, under the pretence that any pressure might endanger the Ministry, and prevent the completion of the French Treaty, in which the Manchester Party have a special and peculiar interest. Even if the preservation of such a Ministry or the completion of such a treaty could be compared in vital importance with the disastrous concession of a power in the House of Lords to tax the people, it is indubitable that those were not the objects for which this committee was formed, nor the purposes for which the public subscribed. I; The present popular apathy and political demo ralisation arise mainly from the political dishonesty of our public men, and it is fraught with great national evil. It renders the people powerless and the middle classes indifferent, for they know not whom to believe or whom to follow, and it leaves the ruling powers to run riot in their reckless ag gressions, extravagant expenditure, and vicious legislation. And it is tending to something infi nitely worse. I cease to represent the committee from this day, but shall be glad to receive your sentiments upon the subject, and your sanction of the course which, in justice to you, I have adopted, addressed to me at. my office as above.—l remain gentlemen, your faithful servant, " HENRY BROOKES, ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER BETTING-SATURDAY• We did not see a single transaction booked on the St. Leger, and speculation on the Great Ebor Handicap was not of an extensive character. Satellite was fairly sup ported, 9 to 1 not being obtainable at the close. Gladiolus and Moorhen were also in demand at their respective prices, but as will be apparent from the quotations, there was no great amount of business done. Closing prices : EI3OR HANDICAP. 9to I agst Satellite (taken and wanted) 9 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 11 to 1 asst Underhand (taken) 12 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken) 12 to 1 agst Defender (taken) 20 to 1 agst First Lord (taken) 20 to 1 asst The Pedlar (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst The Baronet (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (offered) sto 1 agst Satellite and Moorhen coupled (taken: ST, LEGER. 3to lon the field (offered) 4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered) 100 to 6 agst Stampedo (offered) 25 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (offered) 66 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (offered) 100 to 1 agat Nightingale (offered) LI IF EV TELLIGT .N C. E .--(T HI 8 D / 1 31 HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lords Chelmsford, Lord Kingsdown, and other peers. FIICENIX LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY Y. SHERIDAN. - ----....._ ... This was an appeal from a decision of the Exchequer Chamber, reversing the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench. The plaintiff claimed £l,OOO under the policy on the life of Charles Frederick Albert Limbird, who died in 1856 within the year of the policy. The Exchequer Chamber held the claim good as an annual insurance. The Court of Queen's Bench held the claim void in respect of nonpayment of the quarterly instalments of insurance. The annual insurance was £33 payable in quarterly instalment of £8 ss. The first quar ter was paid, the second quarter was not paid when he died, and the question raised was whether there was any insurance. The annual premium was not paid, and the quarterly instalment was not paid atothe time of his death. Mr. Prentice was heard for the appellant. Mr. Millwood and another were heard for the respon dent. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decision of the Ex chequer Chamber, and affirmed the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, The othernoble and learned lords unanimously concurred. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COU.RT—(This Day). OLD COURT. The August Sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Sheriffs, and Under-Sheriffs. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said—The number of cases in the calendar was not considerable in numerical amount, but rather fewer than might have been anticipated from the time that had elapsed since they last met. But while they did not amount to a great number, the charges were of a more serious description than had ever yet come under his notice. The first case to which he would refer was that of a person named Youngman, who was charged with the murder of no less than four persons --namely, his mother, two brothers, and a young woman named Mary Streeter, and the question the jury was called upon to decide was whether there was sufficient evidence to call for further investigation. The learned recorder here related the details of the murder at 16, Manor-place, Wal worth, and then went on to say that the prisoner Young• man was the person who killed his mother, there could be no question, as ho admitted that he did so in self-defence, but the next question that arose was who killed the other three. From the depositions, it appeared that the first that was heard of the melancholy affair was a scuffle, and afterwards a slight scream from a child, but not such as was calculated to lead to the supposition that a mortal contest for life was going on between two persons. Taken from this point of view it would appear that the child and not the mother was the last person killed, for in a very short time after the scuffle and scream, the prisoner was met by one of the inmates of the house, and the whole of the four unfortunate persons were discovered to have been murdered. The version of the tragedy given by the prisoner would, he was sure, re ceive their most serious consideration, and while they were so engaged he was sure they would not forget to think of the time the murders were committed, and the silence that followed. The next case of importance to which he would advert was, that of a charge of manslaughter against two persons named Vivian and Slater, who, until lately, had been engaged as keepers in the Colney_ Hatch Lunatic Asylum, and the person whose 'death they were accused of causing was an inmate of the insti tution, Darned Swift. Great interest was manifested in this case by the public, because the defendants, from their posi tion, compared with that of the unfortunate inmates, were possessed of great power; but, at the same time, the jury must not forget that they were continually open to have charges made against them by persons who might appear to be perfectly rational. A great deal of the evidence to prove the charge would be that of lunatics, so the jury would be required to devote their best attention to the sub ject. Another circumstance that would tend to render their task more difficult was the fact that there was a great difference of opinion amongst the medical witnesses to be examined, as to the time at which the injuries that produced death were inflicted. On the one side it was contended that the injuries that caused the death of Swift were received some days prior to his being given over to the 'custody of the defendants, and therefore they were net responsible for his death ; while on the other it was said that the injuries were of such a serious nature that death must have taken place in a very few hours after. H they should be of opinion that death had occurred shortly after the injuries were inflicted, 'then they would see that the evidence of the two inmates of the asylum bore very strongly on the case, as they spoke to having seen the defendants and the deceased a short time before in the " padded room," a place where violent lunatics were at times confined. A fall and an epileptic fit had been spoken to as having been the cause of death, but witnesses would be brought before them who would state that the de ceased was not subject at all to fits of the nature spoken of, and also that a fall forward could not produce the extensive injuries by which death had been occasioned. The next case of manslaughter was that against a person named Singleton, but as it did not present any particulars he would pass it over by merely remarking there was no suggestion that death had ever been intended ; if so, it would have become murder. A female, named Sophia Payne, was indicted for causing the death of her infant child by neglect and want of proper nourishment, and the ques tion they were called upon to decide was, whether the mother had means to provide the nourishment required to sustain the life of her child, and from the depositions it ap peared to him that it 'had not been proved that she had. On the contrary, it seemed that she had been subsisting :on her friends in the hardest manner possible, so, before they found her guilty the question of means of obtaining nourishment for her dying child must be first considered, and they must be of opinion she possessed those means before they found her guilty. There was a charge of attempted self murder against a foreigner named Mohammed Ali Khan, who it appeared had arrived in this country for the purpose of prisenting some petition or other for the purpose of obtaining notoriety or drawing particular attention to his case; he attempted self murder at the bar of the House of Lords. The attempt to commit murder they knew was a crime, and the crime was Rot altered by :the circumstances that a person made the attack upon his own life. The other serious cases were those of Elizabeth Wickstead, who was indicted for drown ing her own child ; and that of James Ratley, who was charged with wife murder. There was one charge in the calendar of a revolting nature, namely, that of a school mistress ill-using and ill-treating one of her pupils. No doubt a governess had the power to punish her pupils, but the barbarities that were alleged in this case were, he be lieved, without precedent. This and the charge of arson, which was still regarded as a capital crime in this country, would conclude the cases he should bring under their notice, and if in the discharge of their duties the assistance of the Court was required it would instantly be given them. The grand jury then retired to their room. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAD DEPRAVITY OF A YOUNG GIRL.—CASH-BOX ROB BERY.—Matilda Baker, a girl of 14, was charged, before Mr. Beadon, with stealing, from the cash-box of her master, Mr. Benjamin Pullen, tailor, 303, Oxford-street, the sum of £l2, in gold. Mr. Pullan said the prisoner, who had been his servant, absconded on Friday morning, and in the afternoon, on going to his cash. box to deposit some money, he missed £l2 in gold. On Saturday night he found the prisoner at Knightsbridge, she having just changed a sovereign to pay for something for a soldier, and he then got a constable and gave her into custody. On her being searched only £3 19s was found upon her, and a some articles belonging to his wife. He asked the prisoner when she took the money, and she said, while her mistress was down stairs, seeing the bunch of keys, she unlocked the cash-box and took the money. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said he had ascertained the prisoner had got mixed up with some soldiers. Her mother was the cook at the Homcastle Union. Prisoner said she had spent some of the money with a soldier at the Wellington Barracks. A constable said he had seen her with another soldier on the previous night. Sergeant Cole here produced a fashionable black straw hat and feather, and some articles of jewellery the prisoner had bought, and said she had bought a crinoline and other articles of dress. She had been discharged from a previous situation for talking to soldiers. Mr. Beadon said it was a sad case, and but for her youth he should liave dealt very severely with her. Committed for three months with hard labour. An official document states that the consumption of coal in France is 11,000,00') tons yearly—three-fifths of it in manufactories. A large portion of the whole is brought from abroad-1,100,000 tons from England 2,700,000 from Germany, and 700,000 from Prussia. In 1858 the quantity supplied by England was only 500,000 tons, by Belgium 1,700,000, and by Prussia 20,000. The Niagara Falls Gazette says that a day or two ago a drayrnan threw his dog into the rapids near Goat Island- bridge, and immediately afterwards went to the foot of the ferry stairs and found him but little injured by the tremendous leap. The cruel experiment was tried to convince some incredulous persons.— i New York Iforald. TIIE QUEEN'S PRISON.—An act has just been passed to amend the act relating to the Queen's Prison. Prisoners sent to Bethlehem Hospital under the former act may now be removed and be dealt with as if they were persons of sound mind. All lunatics removed to places from Bethlehem Hospital are to be under the provisions of the Lunacy Act. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH,--By an act of Par liament just passed the expenses of local boards constituted burial boards may be paid out of the general district rate or by a separate rate. Where any parish or place has been divided into two or more districts for ecclesiastical pur poses, and any one part has a separate burial ground, it is not to be lawful to appoint a burial board without the con ' sent of the Secretary of State. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, which, for the most part, changed hands steadily, at full quotations. All kinds of spring corn moved off freely, at extreme rates, and there was a slightly improved sale for flour. The continental markets have continued firm for wheat, in which steady sales have been effected cn English ac count. All other produce has moved off freely, at very full prices. In the United States large supplies of produce continue on offer. The shipments have steadily increased; nevertheless the quotations rule very moderate. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very limited. The imports from abroad amounted to 19,896 quarters of wheat, 7,985 barley, 16,825 oats, 1,415 beans, 14,905 linseed, 2,206 rapeseed, 6,670 maize, 92 sun dry seeds, 7,067 sacks and 21,260 barrels of flour. A very moderate supply of wheat was received, fresh up, to our market to-day, both from Essex and Kent, hence, the show of samples was small. Factors, generally, were very firm in their demands, and, on the whole, the trade ruled steady, at fully last Monday's currency. In some instances they were slightly exceeded ; but the improve ment in value amounted to no quotable change. The con dition of the samples was tolerably good. Rather a large quantity of foreign wheat was on offer. Several parcels changed hands for inland consumption, but the town millers purchased sparingly. The demand may be considered steady, at extreme rates. There was a fair inquiry for floating cargoes of grain on former terms. We had a good consumptive demand for barley, the sup ply of which was limited, at very full prices. Malt, how ever, was a dull inquiry, on former terms. We have to report a firm market for oats, the prices of which were quite as high as last week. The few beans on offer were clisposed of at very full prices. Peas were in request, but not dearer. There was a steady but by no moms active inquiry for flour, on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent,-red, new sos to 55s Ditto, old . 528 59s Ditto, white, new . 525 608 Ditto, old 66s 64s Norfolk and Lincoln, rea, old sos 68s Ditto, new . sos 568 Rye—Old — 8 —s New Barley—Grinding ..., Malting , . —s —s Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk . s2s 68s Brown Kingston and Ware - s2s 70s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2os 24s Potato Youghal and Cork, black... ...... Cork, white . 2os 28s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons .... 4ss 49s Peas—Grey 36s 38s Maple White 3Bs 38s Boilers ... 3Bs 42s F lour—Town -made Suffolk 4os 41s Stockton and Norfolk...—. 39s 41s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into Lendon last week amounted to 15,057 head. In the corresponding week in 1859 we received 10,622; in 1858, 9,578 ; in 1857, 8,922 ; in 1856, 5,028; in 1855, 8,867 ; and in 1854, 9,703 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST 'WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Harlingen Hamburgh 5O .. 3.28 S .. —. • —.. 414 Bremen Oporto Antwerp - •• Amsterdam Dr.rdt . 7O .. 417 .. 227 .. Ostend... . Toning' .. 941 .. 1,116 .. 120 .. Medemblik Corunna --- • • 1 .. 7 . • Total 1,781 10,633 665 723 1,255 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs• 859 1,045 .. 8,381 .. 70 .. 713 .. 413 858 2 524 .. 5,035 .. 494 743 .. 772 857 1,046 6,140 .. 513 .. 643 .. 580 856 1,088 .. 3,147 .. 196 .. 407 .. 190 855 1,466 .. 5,063 .. 234 .. 627 .. 907 There was a full average number of foreign stock on offer here to-day, but its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts, the receipt of beasts fresh up this morning was very moderate, and we observed a great deficiency in their general weight. For prime Scots, &c., the demand ruled steady at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday last of 2d. per 8 lbs. Most other kinds sold somewhat slowly, but at full prices. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire, we received about 2,000 short horns and crosses; from other parts of England, 600 various kinds ; and from Ireland, 220 oxen. The supply of sheep being on the decrease, compared with Monday last, the mutton trade was somewhat active, and, in most instances, prices advanced 2d. per 8 lbs. The best Downs commanded fully ss. Bd. per 8 lbs. There was a slightly improved sale for lambs, the value of which had an upward tendency; about 500 reached us from Ireland. Calves—the supply of which was moderate—changed hands steadily at full quotations. The pork trade was steady at last week's currency. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 5 0 Prime Scsts, &c. 5 2 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 5 0 Pme. S' thdown do. 5 6 5 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers :d to 6s 6d. Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 19s to 235 238 to 30s. and quarter .old store pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 24,250 Calves Pigs 3OO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 1,559 Sheep Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Aug. 15, 1859, and this day, Monday, Aug. 13, 1860 : Per 81bs, sinking the offal. Aug.ls, 1859. Aug. 13, 1860. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 2 3 63 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. . . . . Coarse and inferior sheep . 3 2 3 6,3 S 4 0 Second quality ditto . . . . 3 8 4 o'4 2 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 4 4 8 5 4 Prime Southdown ditto . . . 4 8 5 0 5 6 5 8 Lambs . . Large coarse calves . . . 310 4 44 0 410 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 29 , 260 27,300 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 16, 1858.---Beasts, 5,434; sheep and lambs, 25,900 ; calves, 277 ; pigs, 450. Aug. 17, 1857—Beasts, 4,136 ; sheep and lambs, 24,620 ; calves, 322; pigs, 345. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report the supplies of each kind of meat on offer have been moderately extensive. On the whole, a fair average business has been transacted at full prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Inferior beef 210 3 6 Middling mutton 40 4 6 Middling d 0.... 3 8 4 4 Prime do 4 8 5 2 Prime large do.. 4 6 4 8 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 8 4 10 Small pork 4 8 5 2 Large pork 4 0 4 6iamb.... ...... 4 8 5 6 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Higher rates have, in some instances, been paid for good and fine hops, with an improved demand, and all other kinds are very firm. Very unfavourable accounts have reached from the plantations, and the duty is called £60,000 to popo. Mid and East Kent pockets 112 s to 150 s per cwt. Weald of Kent loos to 130 s „ Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. Our markets are well supplied with potatoes, in, for the most part, fair condition. The demand continues steady, as follows :—Regents, 90s to 120 s ; Shaves, 70s to 755; and inferior, 60s to 65s per ton. SEEDS. The market for both linseed and rape seed is very firm) and prices have an upward tendency. All other seeds are a slow inquiry; nevertheless the quotations are fully main tained. For cakes the demand has somewhat improved, at the extreme rates of last week. rurnip,White,p.bus.36s to 3Ssl Swede Mustard, Brown— l3s 15s White, new l6s 10s Tares,Winter, new.. 7sod Ss Old —s —5 Canary, per quarter 52s 61s. Rye grass, new 26s 28s Clover, Red Eng. , et. 42565 72 s 48s White Foreign Red 42s 48s White 68s 72s Trefoil, new. lBs 22s Carraway 32s to 34s Coriander lss 168 Henepseed, per qr 408 41s Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 688 Crushing Baltic sos 52s Odessa 503 Od 52s Linseed Cake, p. ton— , English .... £9 10s £lO Os Foreign, p ton £9 5s £lolss , Rape Cakes,p. ton £5 Os £5 15s Rapeseed, p. qr. 70$ 76s WOOL I% ARKET. The public sales of colonial wool continue to progress steadily, and prices generally are well suppOrted. Port Philip—Clean sheep's has sold at is 8d to 2s 4d; scoured, is 71d to 2s 3d; lamb's, is 8d to 2s 2}d; pieces, is lld to is 8d ; grease, is to is 4. Sydney—Clean sheep's, is 9d to 3s 2d; scoured, is lldld to 2s 7ld; lamb's, is Bld to 2s ld; do. scoured, 2s 3ld ; locks, is ld to is Bd. Van Die man's Land—Clean sheep's, is 6d to 2s 2d; lamb's, is 5d to 2s Id ; pieces, is 5d to is 8d ; locks, is Old to is 814:1; grease, llld to is lid. New Zealand--Clean sheep's, is 80 301 3 118 1 1181 19 721 i lost 10 9I 1104 12 111 103i4 I Mieliii 1001 I d Miii 1001 1001 TITIR EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TAT7ERSALL'S-(THIS EVDNING.) EBOR HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Satellite (offered) 10 to 1 agst Gladiolus 10 to 1 agst Defender 12 to 1 agst Underhand 12 to 1 agst Tyrant 100 to 8 agst Cape Flyaway ST. LEGER. 100 to 30 agst Thormanby (taken) 7to 2 agst The Wizard (offered) 12 to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 100 to 8 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to 6 agst Stampedo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 20 to 1 agst St. Albans (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) DERBY. 35 to 1 agst Conqueror (taken) 40 to 1 agst Matadore (taken) 40 to i agst Royalist (taken) 50 to 1 agst Seven Dials (taken) 50 to 1 agst Virginias (taken) 50 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (taken) CITY BETTING—This DAY. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES. 3to 1 agst Plumper (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Eltham Beauty (offered) sto 1 agst Claire (offered) OXFORD STAKES. 4to 1 agst Sherborne (taken) sto 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) 7to 1 agst Bonnie Lass (taken) 7to 1 agst Lovett PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES. 2to 1 agst Conqueror (offered) GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Satellite (take Bto 1) 10 to 1 agst Defender (offered) 10 to 1 agst Gladiolus 10 to 1 agst Underhand 12 to 1 agst Tyrant (taken) 12 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) 100 to 6 agst Hepatica 100 to 6 agst Sutton 100 to 6 agst Artless 100 to 6 agst Julia THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Thormanby (take 7to 2) 4to 1 agst The Wizard 11 to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 12 to 1 agst Umpire (offered) 100 to 8 agst Wallace (offered) MPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(This EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The royal assent was given by commission to the follow ing bills Tithe Commutation. Game Certificates. Senior Member of Council (India). Admiralty Jurisdiction (India). Superannuation Act (1859) Amendment. Police and Towns Improvement (Scotland) Act Amend ment. Labourers' Cottages (Scotland). Militia. Railways Act (Ireland) (1851) Amendment. Land Loan and Enfranchisement Act (1860) (Mistake Rectifying Act). Smithfield Markets and Streets Improvement. Border Counties and North British Railway. Farringdon Railway. London Railway and Depot Storehouses. Brandon's Estates. Lord De Freyre's Estate. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Galway Harbour (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. THE NAVAL RESERVE LIST. The Earl of SHREWSBURY moved for correspon dence commencing Nov., 1859, between captains on the reserve list and the Board of Admiralty. Ho explained at considerable length the existing arrangements in accord ance with which naval men are passed out of the reserve list, and maintained that justice was not done to such officers. A new scheme of retirement was now talked of in accordance with which officers who wished to retire after the age of GO were to be allowed 18s. a day. The object of the officers whose cause he feebly advocated was to be per mitted to enjoy a similar privilege. Lord CHELMSFORD said he wished to make a few observations before the noble duke the First Lord of the Admiralty answered the observations of the noble earl who had just sat down. He had been asked to second the noble earl in his efforts to procure jus tice for the officers whose claims he advocated. He agreed to such a course with the greatest pleasure, feeling warmly the necessity of doing justice to a very deserv ing class of men. The noble lord then proceeded to read the retiring regulations for captains and commanders, and complained that a great many brave and gallant men had been placed on an equality not with men who had retired and received rewards for merit, but with men who had retired from age and infirmity. He thought such an arrangement was peculiarly hard upon those who had been placed in such a position, because many captains, by a wrong construction put upon the Admiralty regulations, and who might have continued to serve and rise in hi s profession to the rank of rear-admiral, and received 18s. a day, had been placed on the list with an increase of merely 6d. a day to their cap tain's pay. [LLFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. I\llcDowouGir took the oaths and his seat on his election for the borough of Sligo. The hon. and learned gentleman was introduced by Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Somes. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Viscount Lorton's Estate Bill was considered, and ordered for third reading. ROYAL COMMISSION. Colonel CLIFFORD, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the members to the Upper House to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to several bills, for which see Lords' report. PAPER (EXPORT AND IMPORT). Mr. CHILDERS moved for returns of all paper and stationery (exclusive of hangings), the manufacture of the United Kingdom, exported to India, Australia, British North America, and the Cape of Good Hope re spectively in the year 1858, or the last year for which the accounts have been made up ; or all paper and stationery (exclusive of hangings), being f reign or colonial manufacture, transhipped at ports in or exported from the United Kingdom to the above British possessions, during the same period; of all paper and sta tionery (exclusive of hangings) imported into Victoria, New South Wales, Canada, and the Cape of Good Hope respec tively, during the last year for which: accounts had been received, distinguishing the country whence exported ; and, similar return of all " books and stationery," or " sta tionery" only, if it can be ascertained, imported into British India. The returns were ordered. EAST INDIAN LOAN. The house went into committee on this measure. Sir C. WOOD moved a resolution to the effect that it was expendient to enable the Secretary of State in Council to raise money in the United Kingdom for the Government of India. After some preliminary remarks, the right hon. baronet said that he had been accused, in the statement which he made last year, of drawing too gloomy a picturo of the financial condition of India, but it appeared that he had made a fair estimate of what would be the income, what the expenditure, and what the deficit. There was a deficit for the last year of over £7,000,000, and that it was proposed to meet by a reduction of the military expenditure. However, he did not consider that such a reduction could be carried out to the extent that was contemplated by those who were sanguine on this point. It was intended to reduce that expenditure, but at the same time it would be necessary to increase the expenditure for police. Ho did not expect any increase in the expendi ture on works for civil purposes this year. The national debt of India had risen from £59,442,000 to £97,861,000, and the interest on the same had increasei in the same proportion. At the same time the revenue from the ordinary sources, as well as from new taxation, had in creased by £4,400,000. It had become apparent that India would for the future be compeller' to depend on her own re sources. With the exception of £2,000,000, he was decidedly opposed to any immediate reduction in the military expen diture of India. As regarded the income tax, which was re commended byMr.Wilson, he adverted to the testimony of Sir Henry Freere, a competent authority on the subject, to show that that tax was suitable to the circumstances of India. The right hon. baronet, who was more than usually unintelligible in his statement, cited some statistics to show that the tax would not press heavily on the community in India. He also read communications from the landholders in India to show that that body had not any great objection to the imposition of the tax in consideration of the protection to property that was afforded them. He was of opinion that there was no alternative between the imposition of this tax and the odd and ruinous mode resorted to of borrowing to meet the expenditure, and he thought under these circumstances that they ought to give the Government of India every support in regard to the imposition of this tax, as the means of meeting the peculiar financial condition of that country. It was not expected that there would be more than £1,000,000 raised from the ',income tax this year ; but in 1862 it was anticipated that there would be realised from this source over £,300,000. There was every reason to be lieve that the country would in a few years be placed in a favourable financial position, looking at its political condition. The prices of produce in Tndia were impoving, and there were abundant employment, and good wages in the country clearly indicating its returning prosper;ty. He had no doubt that the £7,000,000 due by the railway companies in India would be ultimately paid, and it it were paid this year it would not be necessary for him to borrow money, but as he could not look forward to that with certainty, he must ask the house_ o for r borrowing powers to enable him to raise £3,000,000. that purpose he would introduce a bill founded on the ge neral resolution which he had submitted to the house. With regard to railways, they were progressing, and it wa s hoped that by next April there would be 1,200 or 1,300 mile s of railway constructed in India. With regard to publi works some interrupti on was unavoidably experienced aril-c ing from military considerations, but they would be re sumed and prosecuted with vigour. In the meantime seven canals had been constructed, and other public works worein operation. As regarded past Govern ment of India he believed those who had hi therto administered the offices of that country b een actuated only by the most benevolent feelin gs , but I they had not been attended with success. He th oug ht th reason of their failure had been that the change they en deavoured to introduce, and they consulted rather their •wn notions than the wishes of the natives, and attempted to force on them alterations to which from their feelings and sentiments they were naturally opposed. He contended that the acts of Lord Canning had gone far to counteract these mistakes, and to establish the Government of the country on a more satisfactory footing than previously. The views entertained by Lord Canning had the approval of the Government. The right hon. baronet, after some fur ther observations, concluded by expressing a hope that the present policy pursued towards India would ultimately lead to that country being a benefit and a blessing to Eng land instead of the reverse. (Hear.) Mr. DANBY SEYMO UR criticised the conduct of the Supreme Council of India in regard to the police force in. that country. He considered that the financial statement of Mr. Wilson was not satisfactory, and he referred to the opinion expressed by Sir C. Trevelyan, that £1,500,000 would be sufficient for the military expenditure of India. [LTIFT SITTING.] TILE GREAT EASTERN. By our advices from America we learn that the exhibition of the Great Eastern, at New York, was brought to a close on the 28th ult. The total num. ber of persons who had visited the ship since her arrival was 143,809. She left on the 30th, at 4.30 p.m., on her Cape May excursion. She had 2,087 passengers on board, all of whom had paid 10 dols. each. She arrived at seven o'clock on the morning of the 31st. A great deal of grumbling was re puted as having existed, owing to bad manage ment ; water was scarce and provisions insufficient. It was officially reported that the great ship would re-open for exhibition on the 13th, 14th, and 15th. inst., prior to her departure for England on the 16th inst. LOSS OF THE GANGES STEAMER. The Athinian brings intelligence of the total loss of the steamer Ganges, built by Sohn Laird, Esq., of Birkenhead, for the Oriental Inland Steam N avigation Company. The Ganges was intended for the navigation of the Indian rivers, and was a vessel of exceedingly light draught of water. She foundered in a sudden and unexpected manner on the 29th July, in lat. 35.10 N., lon. 13 W. She left Liverpool on the 12th June, bound for India. The crew upon abandoning her divided themselves into three small boats, and steered a course for the island of Madeira, but in consequence of the high sea running at the time they all parted company during the night. One boat; containing seven of the crew, in the charge of the second officer, made Madeira after being exposed to ' a tremendous sea for four days, and as the Athenian was steaming out of port she passed another of the boats, in charge of the chief officer. The lifeboat, containing the captain and nine men, was °till missing, and much anxiety was felt for them, five days having elapsed since the loss of the Ganges. The captain's boat was the best fitted out of. the three. The Athenian brings home those saved in the first boat. The names of those still missing are :—James William Callan, master; Charles William Humphries, chief engineer ; Wm. Charles Thompson, carpenter; Lawrence Holland, steward ; John River, seaman; William Edwards, seaman; Thomas Brown, seaman ; William Braidwood, fire man; William Caddy, fireman. LETTER FROM GARIBALDI TO QUEEhY VICTORIA. V Your Majesty,—Called by my duty to my Italian father land to defend its cause in Sicily, I have assumed the dic tatorship of a generous people, who, after a long-continued struggle, wish for nothing but to participate in the national life and freedom under the sceptre of the magnanimous prince in whom Italy trusts. The envoy who presents himself to your Majesty in the name of the Provisional Government which now rules this country does not pretend to represent a special and distinct State, but he comes as the interpreter of the thoughts and sentiments of two millions and a-half of Italians. By this title I beg your Majesty to deign to receive him, granting a kind audience and attention to what he may respectfully urge upon your Majesty in behalf of this most beautiful and G. GARIBALDI. noble part of Italy. PLletmo, June 22. To her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. FUTURE NAVAL WARFARE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The application of steam and screws to vessels of war has caused much speculation as to what will be their effect in the first naval warfare that occurs, and has turned men's minds to con sidering what defects may arise, and what is the best means of overcoming them. Sir Howard Douglas, in his able work on "Naval Warfare," has pointed out the danger of the screw becoming fouled from floating or submerged wreck, or the ligging of disabled spars dragging astern and fouling the screw ; and nothing can be ef greater importance, for a vessel, when once her motive power was gone, would be a useless log upon the water, unable to alter her position, either for her own advantage or at the order of the commander-in-chief, and might thereby jeopardise the result of a great naval action. In peace, also, it is of the utmost importance. Two cases have already occurred in which the masts going over the side have fouled and disabled the screw, and the vessels been lost. The first was the Prince, in Balaklava harbour, the other the Royal Charter; and in the latter case one of the principal officers gave it as his opinion, on the Government inquiry, that "in a screw•ship, whenever the mast goes over the side, the screw would be disabled." It is these disasters, and those which might occur in our first naval action, that determined me to try to find some means of preventing them, and I have fitted to the model of a 50-gun screw-frigate, a. guard, simple in the extreme, which would have the effect of stopping and turning from the screw all things likely to foul it, and at the same time fits, when out of use, so closely to her side that it would not depreciate her speed. I have shown it to many eminent shipbuilders, and have received from them all an approval of its merits and ease of application, and some of them have given me writ ten testimonials, which I enclose, and which I hope you will publish with this letter ; but others would not do so, because they feared to get into disgrace with the Admiralty—a sad state of affairs, when a shipbuilder is afraid to recommend a simple and. useful invention, one that might some day change the fortune of a battle, for fear of receiving censure instead of praise from the authorities at Whitehall. There is now a plan of hoisting the screw on board the ship, but it is doubtful, except from fouling, whether it is safer from shot in that position than under the water ; but in addition to the time lost in lowering the screw when wanted is the fact that under the counter, and in the place vacated by the screw when hoisted, is the very place where all the wreck would congregate, and the rigging hanging to wounded spars drag itself ; and. the screw when lowered (if not prevented from being so by the wreck) would most likely be fouled and stopped at its first revolution. My plan would obviate these difficulties if the Admiralty would only try it on a gunboat. I have no wish to get anything for it; I am ready to pre sent it to the country, and content for reward to. know that some day, if not in peace, yet in the first war, I shall be acknowledged to be its benefactor. It is for this reason I beg of you to publish this letter, that the present Board of Admiralty may not be allowed to reject without trial for the nation a thing which, in the hour of need, may be of the greatest service to our natural national defence and safeguard—the British navy.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, IL B. POWELL, Late Captain Grenadier Guards. Foxleap Park, Lyndhurst. Dunbar, of London, sailed Godfrey, belonging to Messmer. _Melbourne. Besides a full CATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA.--The Copenhagen,CaPt. from Plymouth on Saturday and pipes, sho general cargo (1,600 tons) - f fßritish manufactured goods, apparatus , as the entire blood-horse Lien,. itnakeleusdlin3gehaeliaoregbeallurt ityeooofwgs t rperior prize mare and foal, lately _s a l Agricultural Society's Exhibition at worth about a a b t ou th t e £ B 3 oo y , fapnouiu,amtrybe,r of rams and sheep, a pair of swans, sce. Most of the bulls are of the Canterbury, quantity e Durham breed--one (Duke Humphrey) is Humphwraeryt)hidsovuablie thatuedat L s 2 n O n t, won the second prize at the l as t C anter b ury show, against Royal Butterfly, brother to l‘l as t er B u tt er fl y, Thisand another, bull Prince of Prussia, which was taken out successfully by Captain Godfrey, in 1857. The Ramillies, Captain Wright, a l so b e l ong i ng to M e ssrs. Dunbar, left this port on the Bth instant, with 287 Government emigrants for Adelaid e . Three ships are licurly expected—viz., the Result, Captain Cow, belonging to Messrs. Green, for .Melbourne; the Shah Jehan, Cap tain Cox, with Governintnt emigrants for Adelaide; and the Lady Mtied, mild, Captain Lrumell, for Sydney. THuNDEnsToBm —On Saturday morning, be tween 11 and 12 o'clock, there was a storm of thunder and lightning in the metropolis, accompanied withhheaTL. wasi The storm did not last long, but one clap o v f e t thunder appalling. Several persons are said to h e a steeple n o in f j ß ur o e w d and much damage done to property. Church, Cheapside, sustained injury, Bethnal -green appears to tower of the Royal Exchange. q The also the clock of by theligbsttnoirnmg. in n l a t li lfo i r nr i r l 1 a , nai4 1... have suffered very much from wa the l s 3 eae ll c e ts d is stated that a labouring while in charge of a flock of also killed. 'Several minor: field at Dagenham, Esse m x a , n sheep, several of which t ii r aatefigle,y I ll° l q r ch, Plaistow, West Ham, and other casualties occurred in the W t d e a n i r l a t ß ric e t w s , o s f Dalston, Clapton, rn tham stow, North Woo and in some parts rain fell in tor the grounds of the market gardeners were parts, where much damage u has been caused by the unusual violence 'of the storm, inundated an d rents, whereby much valuable property destroyed. '.ll t;